#C4E057#C4E057

#C4E057 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.164 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E057
RGB	rgb(196, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -28.07, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 68.17, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0815 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.164 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1416, 65.7354, 19.0090)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E057 #7357E0

analogous

#E0B757 #C4E057 #7FE057

triadic

#C4E057 #57C4E0 #E057C4

tetradic

#C4E057 #57E0B7 #7357E0 #E0577F

square

#C4E057 #57E0B7 #7357E0 #E0577F

split-complementary

#C4E057 #577FE0 #B757E0

monochromatic

#859F1D #B0D327 #C4E057 #D6EA8B #E8F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C4E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#C4E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E057

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E057	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.164 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e98c',
    500: '#c4e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e057;
$custom-light: #d9e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.263,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85984,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E057

secondary

#4E39A2

accent

#15D13B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E057

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

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