#C6E451#C6E451

#C6E451 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.173 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E451
RGB	rgb(198, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -29.58, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 72.20, 114.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0864 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.173 120)
XYZ	xyz(52.5181, 68.0869, 18.1583)
Luminance	0.6809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E451 #6F51E4

analogous

#E4B851 #C6E451 #7CE451

triadic

#C6E451 #51C6E4 #E451C6

tetradic

#C6E451 #51E4B8 #6F51E4 #E4517C

square

#C6E451 #51E4B8 #6F51E4 #E4517C

split-complementary

#C6E451 #517CE4 #B851E4

monochromatic

#86A219 #B2D721 #C6E451 #D7EC86 #E9F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C6E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#C6E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E451

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E451	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.173 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daec89',
    500: '#c6e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e451;
$custom-light: #daec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86959,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.68087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E451

secondary

#4C35A4

accent

#10D538

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E451

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

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