#C4E196#C4E196

#C4E196 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.103 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E196
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(83, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(83, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -22.08, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 40.22, 123.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.06 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.103 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1946, 67.7879, 39.0248)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E196 #B396E1

analogous

#E1D896 #C4E196 #9EE196

triadic

#C4E196 #96C4E1 #E196C4

tetradic

#C4E196 #96E1D8 #B396E1 #E1969E

square

#C4E196 #96E1D8 #B396E1 #E1969E

split-complementary

#C4E196 #969EE1 #D896E1

monochromatic

#8EC438 #A9D366 #C4E196 #DFEFC6 #F2F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#C4E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E196

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E196	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.103 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6eab5',
    500: '#c4e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e196;
$custom-light: #d6eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87066,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E196

secondary

#8461BA

accent

#22C361

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E196

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

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