#C4E579#C4E579

#C4E579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.140 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E579
RGB	rgb(196, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(78, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -27.44, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 56.00, 119.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0767 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.14 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2355, 69.1547, 28.5764)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E579 #9A79E5

analogous

#E5D079 #C4E579 #8EE579

triadic

#C4E579 #79C4E5 #E579C4

tetradic

#C4E579 #79E5D0 #9A79E5 #E5798E

square

#C4E579 #79E5D0 #9A79E5 #E5798E

split-complementary

#C4E579 #798EE5 #D079E5

monochromatic

#90BF25 #ADDB46 #C4E579 #DBEFAC #F1F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C4E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#C4E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E579

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E579	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.140 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7eda2',
    500: '#c4e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e579;
$custom-light: #d7eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.333,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87478,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E579

secondary

#6A46BD

accent

#16CF4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E579

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

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