#C4E496#C4E496

#C4E496 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.107 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E496
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(85, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(85, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -23.53, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 41.92, 124.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0641 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.107 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0127, 69.4241, 39.2975)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E496 #B696E4

analogous

#E4DD96 #C4E496 #9DE496

triadic

#C4E496 #96C4E4 #E496C4

tetradic

#C4E496 #96E4DD #B696E4 #E4969D

square

#C4E496 #96E4DD #B696E4 #E4969D

split-complementary

#C4E496 #969DE4 #DD96E4

monochromatic

#8DCB35 #A9D765 #C4E496 #DFF1C7 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C4E496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#C4E496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E496

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E496	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.107 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ecb5',
    500: '#c4e496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e496;
$custom-light: #d7ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.615,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87717,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E496

secondary

#8761BD

accent

#1FC764

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E496

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

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