#C4E499#C4E499

#C4E499 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.104 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E499
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(86, 58%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(86, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 32.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -23.13, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 40.50, 124.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0628 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.104 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2574, 69.5220, 40.5861)
Luminance	0.6952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E499 #B999E4

analogous

#E4DF99 #C4E499 #9FE499

triadic

#C4E499 #99C4E4 #E499C4

tetradic

#C4E499 #99E4DF #B999E4 #E4999F

square

#C4E499 #99E4DF #B999E4 #E4999F

split-complementary

#C4E499 #999FE4 #DF99E4

monochromatic

#8CCA38 #A8D769 #C4E499 #E0F1C9 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C4E499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#C4E499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E499

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E499	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.104 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ecb7',
    500: '#c4e499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e499;
$custom-light: #d6ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.6,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87771,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E499

secondary

#8A64BE

accent

#20C667

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E499

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

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