#C4E457#C4E457

#C4E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.169 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E457
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -29.95, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 70.04, 115.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0868 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.169 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2293, 67.9108, 19.3715)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E457 #7757E4

analogous

#E4BE57 #C4E457 #7EE457

triadic

#C4E457 #57C4E4 #E457C4

tetradic

#C4E457 #57E4BE #7757E4 #E4577E

square

#C4E457 #57E4BE #7757E4 #E4577E

split-complementary

#C4E457 #577EE4 #BE57E4

monochromatic

#86A61B #B1DB23 #C4E457 #D7EC8C #E9F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C4E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E457

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E457	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)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.169 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec8c',
    500: '#c4e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e457;
$custom-light: #d9ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.617,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86869,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E457

secondary

#5137A8

accent

#11D43D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E457

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

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