#C4E357#C4E357

#C4E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.168 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E357
RGB	rgb(196, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -29.48, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 69.57, 115.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0855 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.168 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9550, 67.3622, 19.2801)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E357 #7657E3

analogous

#E3BC57 #C4E357 #7EE357

triadic

#C4E357 #57C4E3 #E357C4

tetradic

#C4E357 #57E3BC #7657E3 #E3577E

square

#C4E357 #57E3BC #7657E3 #E3577E

split-complementary

#C4E357 #577EE3 #BC57E3

monochromatic

#86A41B #B1D924 #C4E357 #D6EC8B #E9F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C4E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#C4E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E357

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E357	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.168 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8c',
    500: '#c4e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e357;
$custom-light: #d9eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86648,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E357

secondary

#5038A7

accent

#12D33D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E357

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

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