#C4E157#C4E157

#C4E157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.165 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E157
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -28.54, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 68.63, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0828 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.165 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4112, 66.2745, 19.0988)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E157 #7457E1

analogous

#E1B957 #C4E157 #7FE157

triadic

#C4E157 #57C4E1 #E157C4

tetradic

#C4E157 #57E1B9 #7457E1 #E1577F

square

#C4E157 #57E1B9 #7457E1 #E1577F

split-complementary

#C4E157 #577FE1 #B957E1

monochromatic

#85A11D #B0D526 #C4E157 #D6EA8B #E8F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#C4E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E157

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E157	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.165 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ea8c',
    500: '#c4e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e157;
$custom-light: #d9ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.609,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86205,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E157

secondary

#4F38A4

accent

#14D23C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E157

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

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