#C6E449#C6E449

#C6E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.178 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E449
RGB	rgb(198, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -30.07, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 75.14, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0885 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.178 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2356, 67.9739, 16.6705)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E449 #6749E4

analogous

#E4B549 #C6E449 #79E449

triadic

#C6E449 #49C6E4 #E449C6

tetradic

#C6E449 #49E4B5 #6749E4 #E44979

square

#C6E449 #49E4B5 #6749E4 #E44979

split-complementary

#C6E449 #4979E4 #B549E4

monochromatic

#829C17 #AED11F #C6E449 #D7EC7E #E7F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C6E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C6E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E449

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E449	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.178 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec84',
    500: '#c6e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e449;
$custom-light: #dbec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86896,
    "c": 0.17823,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E449

secondary

#47329F

accent

#37F15B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E449

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

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