#C9E080#C9E080

#C9E080 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.124 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E080
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(74, 43%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 42.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -22.40, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 49.69, 116.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0622 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.124 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6395, 67.2875, 30.5272)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E080 #9780E0

analogous

#E0C780 #C9E080 #99E080

triadic

#C9E080 #80C9E0 #E080C9

tetradic

#C9E080 #80E0C7 #9780E0 #E08099

square

#C9E080 #80E0C7 #9780E0 #E08099

split-complementary

#C9E080 #8099E0 #C780E0

monochromatic

#97B92D #B4D44F #C9E080 #DEECB1 #F3F8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C9E080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#C9E080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E080

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E080	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.124 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe9a6',
    500: '#c9e080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e080;
$custom-light: #dbe9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.375,
    "s": 60.759,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86846,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E080

secondary

#664DB7

accent

#1DC846

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E080

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

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