#C9E13E#C9E13E

#C9E13E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.180 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E13E
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 72.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -28.05, 72.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 77.38, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.084 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.181 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8833, 66.6163, 14.6815)
Luminance	0.6662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E13E #563EE1

analogous

#E1A73E #C9E13E #78E13E

triadic

#C9E13E #3EC9E1 #E13EC9

tetradic

#C9E13E #3EE1A7 #563EE1 #E13E78

square

#C9E13E #3EE1A7 #563EE1 #E13E78

split-complementary

#C9E13E #3E78E1 #A73EE1

monochromatic

#7D8E16 #ABC31E #C9E13E #D8E973 #E7F1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E13E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#C9E13E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E13E

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E13E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E13E	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e13e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.180 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea7e',
    500: '#c9e13e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e13e;
$custom-light: #ddea7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e13e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.834,
    "s": 73.094,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86376,
    "c": 0.1805,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E13E

secondary

#3E3094

accent

#38F053

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E13E

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