#C4E449#C4E449

#C4E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.179 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E449
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -30.86, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 75.29, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0906 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.179 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7118, 67.7038, 16.6459)
Luminance	0.6770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E449 #6949E4

analogous

#E4B749 #C4E449 #77E449

triadic

#C4E449 #49C4E4 #E449C4

tetradic

#C4E449 #49E4B7 #6949E4 #E44977

square

#C4E449 #49E4B7 #6949E4 #E44977

split-complementary

#C4E449 #4977E4 #B749E4

monochromatic

#809C17 #ACD11F #C4E449 #D5EC7E #E7F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#C4E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E449

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E449	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.179 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec84',
    500: '#c4e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e449;
$custom-light: #d9ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.387,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86752,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E449

secondary

#49329F

accent

#37F15D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E449

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

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