#C9E044#C9E044

#C9E044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.176 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E044
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 68)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -27.27, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 74.95, 111.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0813 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.176 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7876, 66.1467, 15.5071)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E044 #5B44E0

analogous

#E0A944 #C9E044 #7BE044

triadic

#C9E044 #44C9E0 #E044C9

tetradic

#C9E044 #44E0A9 #5B44E0 #E0447B

square

#C9E044 #44E0A9 #5B44E0 #E0447B

split-complementary

#C9E044 #447BE0 #A944E0

monochromatic

#809118 #AEC621 #C9E044 #D8E978 #E7F1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9E044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#C9E044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E044

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E044	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.176 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde981',
    500: '#c9e044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e044;
$custom-light: #dde981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.846,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86196,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E044

secondary

#413296

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E044

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

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