#C4E259#C4E259

#C4E259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.165 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E259
RGB	rgb(196, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -28.87, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 68.30, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0836 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.165 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7651, 66.8499, 19.6255)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E259 #7759E2

analogous

#E2BC59 #C4E259 #80E259

triadic

#C4E259 #59C4E2 #E259C4

tetradic

#C4E259 #59E2BC #7759E2 #E25980

square

#C4E259 #59E2BC #7759E2 #E25980

split-complementary

#C4E259 #5980E2 #BC59E2

monochromatic

#86A41D #B1D826 #C4E259 #D7EB8D #E9F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C4E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#C4E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E259

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E259	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.165 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8d',
    500: '#c4e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e259;
$custom-light: #d9eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.139,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86445,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E259

secondary

#5139A6

accent

#13D23D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E259

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

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