#C4E240#C4E240

#C4E240 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.182 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E240
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -30.42, 71.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 77.49, 113.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0901 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.182 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8877, 66.4989, 15.0043)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E240 #5E40E2

analogous

#E2AF40 #C4E240 #73E240

triadic

#C4E240 #40C4E2 #E240C4

tetradic

#C4E240 #40E2AF #5E40E2 #E24073

square

#C4E240 #40E2AF #5E40E2 #E24073

split-complementary

#C4E240 #4073E2 #AF40E2

monochromatic

#7B9216 #A7C71E #C4E240 #D4EA75 #E5F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#C4E240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E240

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E240	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.182 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeb7f',
    500: '#c4e240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e240;
$custom-light: #daeb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86245,
    "c": 0.18227,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E240

secondary

#433096

accent

#38F05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E240

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

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