#C4E159#C4E159

#C4E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.164 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E159
RGB	rgb(196, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -28.40, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 67.83, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0822 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.164 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4940, 66.3076, 19.5351)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E159 #7659E1

analogous

#E1BA59 #C4E159 #80E159

triadic

#C4E159 #59C4E1 #E159C4

tetradic

#C4E159 #59E1BA #7659E1 #E15980

square

#C4E159 #59E1BA #7659E1 #E15980

split-complementary

#C4E159 #5980E1 #BA59E1

monochromatic

#86A21D #B1D627 #C4E159 #D6EA8D #E9F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C4E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#C4E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E159

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E159	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.164 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ea8d',
    500: '#c4e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e159;
$custom-light: #d9ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.794,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86224,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E159

secondary

#5039A5

accent

#14D13C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E159

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

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