#C9E045#C9E045

#C9E045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.175 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E045
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -27.22, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 74.61, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0811 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.175 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8184, 66.1590, 15.6693)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E045 #5C45E0

analogous

#E0A945 #C9E045 #7CE045

triadic

#C9E045 #45C9E0 #E045C9

tetradic

#C9E045 #45E0A9 #5C45E0 #E0457C

square

#C9E045 #45E0A9 #5C45E0 #E0457C

split-complementary

#C9E045 #457CE0 #A945E0

monochromatic

#809218 #AEC721 #C9E045 #D8E979 #E7F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C9E045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#C9E045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E045

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E045	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)

#EFD42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.175 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde982',
    500: '#c9e045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e045;
$custom-light: #dde982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.903,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86203,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E045

secondary

#413297

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E045

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

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