#C4E256#C4E256

#C4E256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.167 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E256
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -29.08, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 69.50, 114.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0844 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.167 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6417, 66.8005, 18.9755)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E256 #7456E2

analogous

#E2BA56 #C4E256 #7EE256

triadic

#C4E256 #56C4E2 #E256C4

tetradic

#C4E256 #56E2BA #7456E2 #E2567E

square

#C4E256 #56E2BA #7456E2 #E2567E

split-complementary

#C4E256 #567EE2 #BA56E2

monochromatic

#85A21C #B0D625 #C4E256 #D6EB8A #E8F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C4E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#C4E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E256

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E256	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)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.167 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8b',
    500: '#c4e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e256;
$custom-light: #d9eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86417,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E256

secondary

#4F38A5

accent

#13D33C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E256

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

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