#C4E856#C4E856

#C4E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.175 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E856
RGB	rgb(196, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -31.88, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 72.30, 116.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0922 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.175 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3019, 70.1208, 19.5289)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E856 #7A56E8

analogous

#E8C356 #C4E856 #7BE856

triadic

#C4E856 #56C4E8 #E856C4

tetradic

#C4E856 #56E8C3 #7A56E8 #E8567B

square

#C4E856 #56E8C3 #7A56E8 #E8567B

split-complementary

#C4E856 #567BE8 #C356E8

monochromatic

#87AC17 #B1E120 #C4E856 #D7EF8C #EAF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#C4E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E856

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E856	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.175 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ef8c',
    500: '#c4e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e856;
$custom-light: #d9ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.795,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87748,
    "c": 0.17457,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E856

secondary

#5335AD

accent

#0DD83F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E856

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

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