#C4E059#C4E059

#C4E059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.163 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E059
RGB	rgb(196, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -27.92, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 67.36, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0809 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.163 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2245, 65.7686, 19.4453)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E059 #7559E0

analogous

#E0B859 #C4E059 #81E059

triadic

#C4E059 #59C4E0 #E059C4

tetradic

#C4E059 #59E0B8 #7559E0 #E05981

square

#C4E059 #59E0B8 #7559E0 #E05981

split-complementary

#C4E059 #5981E0 #B859E0

monochromatic

#86A11E #B0D428 #C4E059 #D6EA8D #E9F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C4E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#C4E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E059

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E059	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.163 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e98d',
    500: '#c4e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e059;
$custom-light: #d9e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.444,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86003,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E059

secondary

#503AA4

accent

#15D03C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E059

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

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