#C6E257#C6E257

#C6E257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.166 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E257
RGB	rgb(198, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -28.23, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 68.95, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0821 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.166 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2061, 67.0868, 19.2138)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E257 #7357E2

analogous

#E2B857 #C6E257 #81E257

triadic

#C6E257 #57C6E2 #E257C6

tetradic

#C6E257 #57E2B8 #7357E2 #E25781

square

#C6E257 #57E2B8 #7357E2 #E25781

split-complementary

#C6E257 #5781E2 #B857E2

monochromatic

#87A31C #B3D725 #C6E257 #D8EB8B #E9F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C6E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#C6E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E257

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E257	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.166 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeb8c',
    500: '#c6e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e257;
$custom-light: #daeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8657,
    "c": 0.16583,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E257

secondary

#4E38A5

accent

#13D33A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E257

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

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