#C4E979#C4E979

#C4E979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.145 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4E979
RGB	rgb(196, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(80, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(80, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -29.33, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 58.09, 120.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.082 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.145 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3550, 71.3937, 28.9495)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4E979 #9E79E9

analogous

#E9D679 #C4E979 #8CE979

triadic

#C4E979 #79C4E9 #E979C4

tetradic

#C4E979 #79E9D6 #9E79E9 #E9798C

square

#C4E979 #79E9D6 #9E79E9 #E9798C

split-complementary

#C4E979 #798CE9 #D679E9

monochromatic

#90C721 #ADE044 #C4E979 #DBF2AE #F2FAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C4E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#C4E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4E979

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4E979	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.145 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8f0a2',
    500: '#c4e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4e979;
$custom-light: #d8f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.821,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88358,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4E979

secondary

#6E45C1

accent

#12D452

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4E979

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

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