#C4E996#C4E996

#C4E996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.115 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E996
RGB	rgb(196, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(87, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(87, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -25.94, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 44.76, 125.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0708 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.115 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4081, 72.2150, 39.7626)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E996 #BB96E9

analogous

#E9E496 #C4E996 #9BE996

triadic

#C4E996 #96C4E9 #E996C4

tetradic

#C4E996 #96E9E4 #BB96E9 #E9969B

square

#C4E996 #96E9E4 #BB96E9 #E9969B

split-complementary

#C4E996 #969BE9 #E496E9

monochromatic

#8BD431 #A8DE63 #C4E996 #E0F4C9 #F1FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C4E996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#C4E996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E996

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E996	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.115 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7f0b5',
    500: '#c4e996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e996;
$custom-light: #d7f0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.747,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88805,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E996

secondary

#8C60C4

accent

#18CD69

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E996

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

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