#C4E459#C4E459

#C4E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.167 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E459
RGB	rgb(196, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -29.81, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 69.24, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0862 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.167 121)
XYZ	xyz(52.3122, 67.9439, 19.8079)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E459 #7959E4

analogous

#E4BF59 #C4E459 #7FE459

triadic

#C4E459 #59C4E4 #E459C4

tetradic

#C4E459 #59E4BF #7959E4 #E4597F

square

#C4E459 #59E4BF #7959E4 #E4597F

split-complementary

#C4E459 #597FE4 #BF59E4

monochromatic

#87A71B #B1DB24 #C4E459 #D7ED8E #E9F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C4E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C4E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E459

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E459	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.167 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec8d',
    500: '#c4e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e459;
$custom-light: #d9ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.813,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86888,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.67944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E459

secondary

#5238A9

accent

#11D43E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E459

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

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