#C4E359#C4E359

#C4E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.166 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E359
RGB	rgb(196, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -29.34, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 68.77, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0849 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.166 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0379, 67.3953, 19.7164)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E359 #7859E3

analogous

#E3BD59 #C4E359 #7FE359

triadic

#C4E359 #59C4E3 #E359C4

tetradic

#C4E359 #59E3BD #7859E3 #E3597F

square

#C4E359 #59E3BD #7859E3 #E3597F

split-complementary

#C4E359 #597FE3 #BD59E3

monochromatic

#87A61C #B1DA25 #C4E359 #D7EC8D #E9F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C4E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#C4E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E359

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E359	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.166 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8d',
    500: '#c4e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e359;
$custom-light: #d9eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.478,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86666,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E359

secondary

#5138A8

accent

#12D33E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E359

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

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