#C4E299#C4E299

#C4E299 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.101 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E299
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(85, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(85, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -22.16, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 39.35, 124.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0601 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.101 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7104, 68.4280, 40.4037)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E299 #B799E2

analogous

#E2DC99 #C4E299 #A0E299

triadic

#C4E299 #99C4E2 #E299C4

tetradic

#C4E299 #99E2DC #B799E2 #E299A0

square

#C4E299 #99E2DC #B799E2 #E299A0

split-complementary

#C4E299 #99A0E2 #DC99E2

monochromatic

#8DC73A #A8D469 #C4E299 #E0F0C9 #F1F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C4E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C4E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E299

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E299	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.101 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ebb7',
    500: '#c4e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e299;
$custom-light: #d6ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.658,
    "s": 55.725,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87338,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E299

secondary

#8864BB

accent

#22C364

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E299

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

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