#C4E857#C4E857

#C4E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.174 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E857
RGB	rgb(196, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -31.81, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 71.92, 116.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0919 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.174 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3425, 70.1370, 19.7426)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E857 #7B57E8

analogous

#E8C457 #C4E857 #7BE857

triadic

#C4E857 #57C4E8 #E857C4

tetradic

#C4E857 #57E8C4 #7B57E8 #E8577B

square

#C4E857 #57E8C4 #7B57E8 #E8577B

split-complementary

#C4E857 #577BE8 #C457E8

monochromatic

#88AD18 #B1E121 #C4E857 #D7EF8D #EAF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#C4E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E857

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E857	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.174 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ef8c',
    500: '#c4e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e857;
$custom-light: #d9ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.897,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87757,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E857

secondary

#5335AE

accent

#0DD840

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E857

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

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