#C4E255#C4E255

#C4E255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.168 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E255
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -29.16, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 69.89, 114.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0847 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.168 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6017, 66.7845, 18.7648)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E255 #7355E2

analogous

#E2B955 #C4E255 #7DE255

triadic

#C4E255 #55C4E2 #E255C4

tetradic

#C4E255 #55E2B9 #7355E2 #E2557D

square

#C4E255 #55E2B9 #7355E2 #E2557D

split-complementary

#C4E255 #557DE2 #B955E2

monochromatic

#85A11B #B0D524 #C4E255 #D6EB89 #E8F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C4E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#C4E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E255

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E255	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.168 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8b',
    500: '#c4e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e255;
$custom-light: #d9eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86408,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E255

secondary

#4E37A4

accent

#13D33C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E255

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

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