#C4E396#C4E396

#C4E396 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.106 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E396
RGB	rgb(196, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 58%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 33.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -23.05, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 41.36, 123.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0627 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.106 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7384, 68.8755, 39.2061)
Luminance	0.6888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E396 #B596E3

analogous

#E3DC96 #C4E396 #9EE396

triadic

#C4E396 #96C4E3 #E396C4

tetradic

#C4E396 #96E3DC #B596E3 #E3969E

square

#C4E396 #96E3DC #B596E3 #E3969E

split-complementary

#C4E396 #969EE3 #DC96E3

monochromatic

#8EC936 #A9D666 #C4E396 #DFF0C6 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C4E396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#C4E396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E396

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E396	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.106 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ebb5',
    500: '#c4e396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e396;
$custom-light: #d6ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.156,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.875,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E396

secondary

#8661BC

accent

#20C563

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E396

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

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