#C4E596#C4E596

#C4E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.109 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E596
RGB	rgb(196, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(85, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(85, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -24.02, 35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 42.49, 124.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0654 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.109 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2886, 69.9759, 39.3895)
Luminance	0.6998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E596 #B796E5

analogous

#E5DE96 #C4E596 #9DE596

triadic

#C4E596 #96C4E5 #E596C4

tetradic

#C4E596 #96E5DE #B796E5 #E5969D

square

#C4E596 #96E5DE #B796E5 #E5969D

split-complementary

#C4E596 #969DE5 #DE96E5

monochromatic

#8DCD34 #A8D965 #C4E596 #E0F1C7 #F1F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#C4E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E596

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E596	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.109 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7edb5',
    500: '#c4e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e596;
$custom-light: #d7edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.063,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87934,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E596

secondary

#8861BF

accent

#1EC865

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E596

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

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