#C4E261#C4E261

#C4E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.158 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E261
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -28.25, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 65.01, 115.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0811 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.158 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1195, 66.9916, 21.4919)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E261 #7F61E2

analogous

#E2BF61 #C4E261 #83E261

triadic

#C4E261 #61C4E2 #E261C4

tetradic

#C4E261 #61E2BF #7F61E2 #E26183

square

#C4E261 #61E2BF #7F61E2 #E26183

split-complementary

#C4E261 #6183E2 #BF61E2

monochromatic

#89A91F #B1D92D #C4E261 #D7EB95 #EBF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C4E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#C4E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E261

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E261	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.158 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8eb92',
    500: '#c4e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e261;
$custom-light: #d8eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.953,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86526,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E261

secondary

#563CAB

accent

#15D140

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E261

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

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