#C4E597#C4E597

#C4E597 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.108 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E597
RGB	rgb(196, 229, 151)
HSL	hsl(85, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(85, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -23.88, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 42.02, 124.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.065 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.108 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3695, 70.0083, 39.8154)
Luminance	0.7001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E597 #B897E5

analogous

#E5DF97 #C4E597 #9DE597

triadic

#C4E597 #97C4E5 #E597C4

tetradic

#C4E597 #97E5DF #B897E5 #E5979D

square

#C4E597 #97E5DF #B897E5 #E5979D

split-complementary

#C4E597 #979DE5 #DF97E5

monochromatic

#8CCD35 #A8D966 #C4E597 #E0F1C8 #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#C4E597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E597

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E597	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)

#EDDB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.108 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7edb6',
    500: '#c4e597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e597;
$custom-light: #d7edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.385,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87952,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E597

secondary

#8962BF

accent

#1EC866

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E597

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

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