#C9E060#C9E060

#C9E060 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.155 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E060
RGBrgb(201, 224, 96)
HSLhsl(71, 67%, 63%)
HSVhsv(71, 57%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(10.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(85.29, -25.42, 58.84)
CIE-LCHlch(85.29, 64.10, 113.36°)
OKLaboklab(86.44% -0.0735 0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(86.44% 0.155 118.3)
XYZxyz(52.8552, 66.5737, 21.1296)
Luminance0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E060 #7760E0
analogous
#E0B760 #C9E060 #89E060
triadic
#C9E060 #60C9E0 #E060C9
tetradic
#C9E060 #60E0B7 #7760E0 #E06089
square
#C9E060 #60E0B7 #7760E0 #E06089
split-complementary
#C9E060 #6089E0 #B760E0
monochromatic
#8DA520 #B8D62D #C9E060 #DAEA93 #ECF4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47
#C9E060 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31
#C9E060 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E060
14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E060#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E0601.001.4714.3114.31
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3121.001.001.00
##00000014.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD552
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD668
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D5C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.155 118.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce991',
    500: '#c9e060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e060;
$custom-light: #dce991;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.781,
    "s": 67.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8644,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E060
secondary
#503CA8
accent
#16CF37
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E060 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva