#C9E145#C9E145

#C9E145 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.176 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E145
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 69.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -27.69, 69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 75.03, 111.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0824 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.176 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0879, 66.6981, 15.7591)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E145 #5D45E1

analogous

#E1AB45 #C9E145 #7BE145

triadic

#C9E145 #45C9E1 #E145C9

tetradic

#C9E145 #45E1AB #5D45E1 #E1457B

square

#C9E145 #45E1AB #5D45E1 #E1457B

split-complementary

#C9E145 #457BE1 #AB45E1

monochromatic

#819418 #AFC820 #C9E145 #D8E97A #E8F2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#C9E145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E145

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E145	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)

#F0D52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.176 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea82',
    500: '#c9e145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e145;
$custom-light: #ddea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86423,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E145

secondary

#423298

accent

#39EF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E145

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

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