#C4E055#C4E055

#C4E055 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.166 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E055
RGB	rgb(196, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -28.21, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 68.96, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0821 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.166 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0611, 65.7032, 18.5846)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E055 #7155E0

analogous

#E0B655 #C4E055 #7FE055

triadic

#C4E055 #55C4E0 #E055C4

tetradic

#C4E055 #55E0B6 #7155E0 #E0557F

square

#C4E055 #55E0B6 #7155E0 #E0557F

split-complementary

#C4E055 #557FE0 #B655E0

monochromatic

#849E1D #AFD226 #C4E055 #D6E989 #E8F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C4E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#C4E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E055

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E055	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.166 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e98b',
    500: '#c4e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e055;
$custom-light: #d9e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85965,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E055

secondary

#4D38A1

accent

#14D13A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E055

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

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