#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
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 96)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -25.42, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 64.10, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0735 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.155 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8552, 66.5737, 21.1296)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9E060	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E060

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

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