#C4E162#C4E162

#C4E162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.156 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E162
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -27.69, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 64.10, 115.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0794 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.156 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8953, 66.4682, 21.6486)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E162 #7F62E1

analogous

#E1BE62 #C4E162 #84E162

triadic

#C4E162 #62C4E1 #E162C4

tetradic

#C4E162 #62E1BE #7F62E1 #E16284

square

#C4E162 #62E1BE #7F62E1 #E16284

split-complementary

#C4E162 #6284E1 #BE62E1

monochromatic

#89A820 #B1D72F #C4E162 #D7EB95 #EBF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#C4E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E162

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E162	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)

#EED555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.156 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ea93',
    500: '#c4e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e162;
$custom-light: #d8ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.701,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86316,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E162

secondary

#563DAB

accent

#16D040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E162

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

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