#C4E859#C4E859

#C4E859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.172 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E859
RGB	rgb(196, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -31.67, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 71.14, 116.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0914 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.172 122)
XYZ	xyz(53.4253, 70.1702, 20.1789)
Luminance	0.7017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E859 #7D59E8

analogous

#E8C459 #C4E859 #7CE859

triadic

#C4E859 #59C4E8 #E859C4

tetradic

#C4E859 #59E8C4 #7D59E8 #E8597C

square

#C4E859 #59E8C4 #7D59E8 #E8597C

split-complementary

#C4E859 #597CE8 #C459E8

monochromatic

#89AE18 #B1E123 #C4E859 #D7EF8F #EAF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C4E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#C4E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E859

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E859	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.172 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ef8e',
    500: '#c4e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e859;
$custom-light: #d9ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.105,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87775,
    "c": 0.17229,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.7017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E859

secondary

#5436AF

accent

#0ED841

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E859

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

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