#C4E253#C4E253

#C4E253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.170 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E253
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -29.29, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 70.67, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0853 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.17 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5234, 66.7532, 18.3523)
Luminance	0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E253 #7153E2

analogous

#E2B853 #C4E253 #7DE253

triadic

#C4E253 #53C4E2 #E253C4

tetradic

#C4E253 #53E2B8 #7153E2 #E2537D

square

#C4E253 #53E2B8 #7153E2 #E2537D

split-complementary

#C4E253 #537DE2 #B853E2

monochromatic

#84A01B #AFD424 #C4E253 #D6EB87 #E8F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C4E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#C4E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E253

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E253	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.170 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8a',
    500: '#c4e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e253;
$custom-light: #d9eb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.587,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8639,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E253

secondary

#4D37A3

accent

#12D33B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E253

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

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