#C4E599#C4E599

#C4E599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.105 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E599
RGB	rgb(196, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(86, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(86, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -23.62, 33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 41.07, 125.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0642 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.105 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5333, 70.0738, 40.6780)
Luminance	0.7007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E599 #BA99E5

analogous

#E5E099 #C4E599 #9EE599

triadic

#C4E599 #99C4E5 #E599C4

tetradic

#C4E599 #99E5E0 #BA99E5 #E5999E

square

#C4E599 #99E5E0 #BA99E5 #E5999E

split-complementary

#C4E599 #999EE5 #E099E5

monochromatic

#8CCC37 #A8D968 #C4E599 #E0F1CA #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#C4E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E599

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E599	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.105 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6edb7',
    500: '#c4e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e599;
$custom-light: #d6edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87988,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E599

secondary

#8B63BF

accent

#1EC768

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E599

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

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