#C7E457#C7E457

#C7E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.168 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7E457
RGB	rgb(199, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -28.78, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 69.80, 114.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0837 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.168 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0177, 68.3173, 19.4085)
Luminance	0.6832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7E457 #7457E4

analogous

#E4BA57 #C7E457 #81E457

triadic

#C7E457 #57C7E4 #E457C7

tetradic

#C7E457 #57E4BA #7457E4 #E45781

square

#C7E457 #57E4BA #7457E4 #E45781

split-complementary

#C7E457 #5781E4 #BA57E4

monochromatic

#89A61B #B5DB23 #C7E457 #D9EC8C #EAF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C7E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#C7E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7E457

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7E457	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.168 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec8c',
    500: '#c7e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7e457;
$custom-light: #dbec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.34,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87084,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7E457

secondary

#4E37A8

accent

#11D439

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7E457

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

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