#C9E140#C9E140

#C9E140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.179 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E140
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -27.95, 71.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 76.73, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0836 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.179 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9392, 66.6386, 14.9759)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E140 #5840E1

analogous

#E1A940 #C9E140 #79E140

triadic

#C9E140 #40C9E1 #E140C9

tetradic

#C9E140 #40E1A9 #5840E1 #E14079

square

#C9E140 #40E1A9 #5840E1 #E14079

split-complementary

#C9E140 #4079E1 #A940E1

monochromatic

#7E9017 #ACC51F #C9E140 #D8E975 #E7F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#C9E140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E140

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E140	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.179 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea7f',
    500: '#c9e140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e140;
$custom-light: #ddea7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.944,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86389,
    "c": 0.17935,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E140

secondary

#3F3095

accent

#38F054

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E140

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

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