#C4E242#C4E242

#C4E242 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.181 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E242
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -30.32, 70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 76.83, 113.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0897 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.181 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9456, 66.5221, 15.3094)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E242 #6042E2

analogous

#E2B042 #C4E242 #74E242

triadic

#C4E242 #42C4E2 #E242C4

tetradic

#C4E242 #42E2B0 #6042E2 #E24274

square

#C4E242 #42E2B0 #6042E2 #E24274

split-complementary

#C4E242 #4274E2 #B042E2

monochromatic

#7C9317 #A8C81F #C4E242 #D5EA77 #E5F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#C4E242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E242

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E242	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)

#F0D525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.181 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb80',
    500: '#c4e242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e242;
$custom-light: #d9eb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86258,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E242

secondary

#443198

accent

#38F05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E242

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

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