#C4E051#C4E051

#C4E051 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.169 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E051
RGB	rgb(196, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -28.49, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 70.53, 113.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0832 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.169 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9066, 65.6414, 17.7712)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E051 #6D51E0

analogous

#E0B451 #C4E051 #7DE051

triadic

#C4E051 #51C4E0 #E051C4

tetradic

#C4E051 #51E0B4 #6D51E0 #E0517D

square

#C4E051 #51E0B4 #6D51E0 #E0517D

split-complementary

#C4E051 #517DE0 #B451E0

monochromatic

#829B1C #AECF25 #C4E051 #D6E985 #E7F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C4E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#C4E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E051

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E051	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.169 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e988',
    500: '#c4e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e051;
$custom-light: #d9e988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.748,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8593,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E051

secondary

#4B379F

accent

#3BED5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E051

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

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