#C4E659#C4E659

#C4E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.170 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E659
RGB	rgb(196, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -30.74, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 70.19, 115.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0888 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.17 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8655, 69.0507, 19.9923)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E659 #7B59E6

analogous

#E6C159 #C4E659 #7EE659

triadic

#C4E659 #59C4E6 #E659C4

tetradic

#C4E659 #59E6C1 #7B59E6 #E6597E

square

#C4E659 #59E6C1 #7B59E6 #E6597E

split-complementary

#C4E659 #597EE6 #C159E6

monochromatic

#88AB1A #B1DE24 #C4E659 #D7EE8E #EAF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C4E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C4E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E659

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E659	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.170 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ee8e',
    500: '#c4e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e659;
$custom-light: #d9ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87331,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E659

secondary

#5337AC

accent

#10D63F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E659

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

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