#C4E997#C4E997

#C4E997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.114 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E997
RGB	rgb(196, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(87, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 35.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -25.80, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 44.29, 125.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0704 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.114 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.4890, 72.2473, 40.1885)
Luminance	0.7225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E997 #BC97E9

analogous

#E9E597 #C4E997 #9BE997

triadic

#C4E997 #97C4E9 #E997C4

tetradic

#C4E997 #97E9E5 #BC97E9 #E9979B

square

#C4E997 #97E9E5 #BC97E9 #E9979B

split-complementary

#C4E997 #979BE9 #E597E9

monochromatic

#8BD432 #A7DE64 #C4E997 #E1F4CA #F1FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C4E997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#C4E997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E997

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E997	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.114 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7f0b6',
    500: '#c4e997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e997;
$custom-light: #d7f0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.073,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88823,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E997

secondary

#8D60C4

accent

#19CD6A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E997

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

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