#C4E561#C4E561
#C4E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.162 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C4E561 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(196, 229, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(75, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(75, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.32, -29.66, 59.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.32, 66.46, 116.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.19% -0.085 0.138) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.19% 0.162 121.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.9424, 68.6374, 21.7662) |
| Luminance | 0.6864 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 4.33
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 5.37
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.60
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 5.74
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 6.17
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C4E561 #8261E5
analogous
#E5C461 #C4E561 #82E561
triadic
#C4E561 #61C4E5 #E561C4
tetradic
#C4E561 #61E5C4 #8261E5 #E56182
square
#C4E561 #61E5C4 #8261E5 #E56182
split-complementary
#C4E561 #6182E5 #C461E5
monochromatic
#8AAF1D #B0DC2C #C4E561 #D8EE96 #EBF6CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.43
#C4E561 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.73
#C4E561 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C4E561
14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C4E561 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C4E561 | 1.00 | 1.43 | 14.73 | 14.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD86A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CDDAC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c4e561; /* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.162 121.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d8ed92',
500: '#c4e561',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c4e561; $custom-light: #d8ed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c4e561",
"rgb": {
"r": 196,
"g": 229,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 75,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87189,
"c": 0.16212,
"h": 121.6
},
"luminance": 0.68637
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C4E561
secondary
#583AB0
accent
#12D442
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F