#C4E042#C4E042

#C4E042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.179 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E042
RGB	rgb(196, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -29.38, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 75.96, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0871 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.179 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4050, 65.4407, 15.1292)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E042 #5E42E0

analogous

#E0AD42 #C4E042 #75E042

triadic

#C4E042 #42C4E0 #E042C4

tetradic

#C4E042 #42E0AD #5E42E0 #E04275

square

#C4E042 #42E0AD #5E42E0 #E04275

split-complementary

#C4E042 #4275E0 #AD42E0

monochromatic

#7B9018 #A7C520 #C4E042 #D4E977 #E5F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C4E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#C4E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E042

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E042	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.179 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e980',
    500: '#c4e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e042;
$custom-light: #d9e980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.633,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85814,
    "c": 0.17883,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E042

secondary

#433195

accent

#39EF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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