#C6E457#C6E457

#C6E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.168 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E457
RGB	rgb(198, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -29.17, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 69.88, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0847 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.168 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7531, 68.1809, 19.3961)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E457 #7557E4

analogous

#E4BC57 #C6E457 #80E457

triadic

#C6E457 #57C6E4 #E457C6

tetradic

#C6E457 #57E4BC #7557E4 #E45780

square

#C6E457 #57E4BC #7557E4 #E45780

split-complementary

#C6E457 #5780E4 #BC57E4

monochromatic

#88A61B #B4DB23 #C6E457 #D8EC8C #EAF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C6E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#C6E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E457

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E457	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.168 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daec8c',
    500: '#c6e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e457;
$custom-light: #daec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87012,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E457

secondary

#4F37A8

accent

#11D43B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E457

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

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