#C4E199#C4E199

#C4E199 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.099 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E199
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(84, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 32%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 32%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -21.67, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 38.78, 123.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0588 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.099 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4393, 67.8857, 40.3134)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E199 #B699E1

analogous

#E1DA99 #C4E199 #A0E199

triadic

#C4E199 #99C4E1 #E199C4

tetradic

#C4E199 #99E1DA #B699E1 #E199A0

square

#C4E199 #99E1DA #B699E1 #E199A0

split-complementary

#C4E199 #99A0E1 #DA99E1

monochromatic

#8DC53A #A9D36A #C4E199 #DFEFC8 #F1F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C4E199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E199

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E199	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.099 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6eab7',
    500: '#c4e199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e199;
$custom-light: #d6eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.167,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87121,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E199

secondary

#8764BA

accent

#23C263

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E199

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

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