#C4E455#C4E455

#C4E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.171 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E455
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -30.09, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 70.82, 115.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0873 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.171 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1487, 67.8785, 18.9472)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E455 #7555E4

analogous

#E4BD55 #C4E455 #7DE455

triadic

#C4E455 #55C4E4 #E455C4

tetradic

#C4E455 #55E4BD #7555E4 #E4557D

square

#C4E455 #55E4BD #7555E4 #E4557D

split-complementary

#C4E455 #557DE4 #BD55E4

monochromatic

#86A41A #B0D923 #C4E455 #D6EC8A #E9F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C4E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E455

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E455	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.171 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec8b',
    500: '#c4e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e455;
$custom-light: #d9ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.427,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86851,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E455

secondary

#5036A7

accent

#11D53D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E455

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

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