#C4E161#C4E161

#C4E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.157 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E161
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -27.77, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 64.52, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0797 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.157 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8484, 66.4494, 21.4015)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E161 #7E61E1

analogous

#E1BE61 #C4E161 #84E161

triadic

#C4E161 #61C4E1 #E161C4

tetradic

#C4E161 #61E1BE #7E61E1 #E16184

square

#C4E161 #61E1BE #7E61E1 #E16184

split-complementary

#C4E161 #6184E1 #BE61E1

monochromatic

#89A820 #B1D72E #C4E161 #D7EB94 #EAF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#C4E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E161

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E161	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.157 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ea92',
    500: '#c4e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e161;
$custom-light: #d8ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86305,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E161

secondary

#553CAA

accent

#15D040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E161

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

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