#C4E556#C4E556

#C4E556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.171 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E556
RGB	rgb(196, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -30.49, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 70.90, 115.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0884 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.171 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4646, 68.4463, 19.2498)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E556 #7756E5

analogous

#E5BE56 #C4E556 #7DE556

triadic

#C4E556 #56C4E5 #E556C4

tetradic

#C4E556 #56E5BE #7756E5 #E5567D

square

#C4E556 #56E5BE #7756E5 #E5567D

split-complementary

#C4E556 #567DE5 #BE56E5

monochromatic

#86A71A #B1DC22 #C4E556 #D7ED8B #E9F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C4E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C4E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E556

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E556	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.171 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ed8c',
    500: '#c4e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e556;
$custom-light: #d9ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87082,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E556

secondary

#5136A9

accent

#10D53E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E556

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

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