#C9E144#C9E144

#C9E144 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.177 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E144
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 68)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 69.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -27.74, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 75.38, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0827 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.177 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0571, 66.6858, 15.5970)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E144 #5C44E1

analogous

#E1AB44 #C9E144 #7BE144

triadic

#C9E144 #44C9E1 #E144C9

tetradic

#C9E144 #44E1AB #5C44E1 #E1447B

square

#C9E144 #44E1AB #5C44E1 #E1447B

split-complementary

#C9E144 #447BE1 #AB44E1

monochromatic

#809318 #AEC820 #C9E144 #D8E979 #E7F2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#C9E144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E144

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E144	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.177 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea81',
    500: '#c9e144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e144;
$custom-light: #ddea81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86416,
    "c": 0.17694,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E144

secondary

#413298

accent

#39EF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E144

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

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