#C4E495#C4E495

#C4E495 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.108 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E495
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(84, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 35%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 34.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -23.67, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 42.40, 123.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0645 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.108 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9325, 69.3921, 38.8752)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E495 #B595E4

analogous

#E4DD95 #C4E495 #9DE495

triadic

#C4E495 #95C4E4 #E495C4

tetradic

#C4E495 #95E4DD #B595E4 #E4959D

square

#C4E495 #95E4DD #B595E4 #E4959D

split-complementary

#C4E495 #959DE4 #DD95E4

monochromatic

#8ECB34 #A9D864 #C4E495 #DFF0C6 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C4E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#C4E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E495

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E495	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.108 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ecb5',
    500: '#c4e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e495;
$custom-light: #d7ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.304,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87699,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E495

secondary

#8660BD

accent

#1EC763

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E495

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

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