#C4E959#C4E959

#C4E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.174 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E959
RGB	rgb(196, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -32.13, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 71.61, 116.66°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0926 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.174 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7076, 70.7347, 20.2730)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E959 #7E59E9

analogous

#E9C659 #C4E959 #7CE959

triadic

#C4E959 #59C4E9 #E959C4

tetradic

#C4E959 #59E9C6 #7E59E9 #E9597C

square

#C4E959 #59E9C6 #7E59E9 #E9597C

split-complementary

#C4E959 #597CE9 #C659E9

monochromatic

#89B017 #B1E223 #C4E959 #D7F08F #EAF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C4E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#C4E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E959

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E959	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.174 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9f08e',
    500: '#c4e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e959;
$custom-light: #d9f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87997,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E959

secondary

#5535B1

accent

#0DD941

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E959

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

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