#C4E497#C4E497

#C4E497 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.106 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E497
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(85, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(85, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 33.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -23.40, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 41.45, 124.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0637 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.106 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0936, 69.4565, 39.7234)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E497 #B797E4

analogous

#E4DE97 #C4E497 #9EE497

triadic

#C4E497 #97C4E4 #E497C4

tetradic

#C4E497 #97E4DE #B797E4 #E4979E

square

#C4E497 #97E4DE #B797E4 #E4979E

split-complementary

#C4E497 #979EE4 #DE97E4

monochromatic

#8DCB36 #A8D766 #C4E497 #E0F1C8 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C4E497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#C4E497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E497

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E497	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)

#ECDA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.106 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ecb6',
    500: '#c4e497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e497;
$custom-light: #d6ecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.935,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87735,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E497

secondary

#8862BD

accent

#1FC665

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E497

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

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