#C4E957#C4E957

#C4E957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.175 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E957
RGB	rgb(196, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -32.28, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 72.39, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0932 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.175 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6247, 70.7016, 19.8367)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E957 #7C57E9

analogous

#E9C557 #C4E957 #7BE957

triadic

#C4E957 #57C4E9 #E957C4

tetradic

#C4E957 #57E9C5 #7C57E9 #E9577B

square

#C4E957 #57E9C5 #7C57E9 #E9577B

split-complementary

#C4E957 #577BE9 #C557E9

monochromatic

#88AF17 #B1E221 #C4E957 #D7F08D #EAF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C4E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#C4E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E957

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E957	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.175 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9f08d',
    500: '#c4e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e957;
$custom-light: #d9f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.205,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87979,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E957

secondary

#5435AF

accent

#0CD940

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E957

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

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