#C9E146#C9E146

#C9E146 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	#C9E146
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 70)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -27.64, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 74.68, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0822 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.176 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1192, 66.7106, 15.9240)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E146 #5E46E1

analogous

#E1AB46 #C9E146 #7CE146

triadic

#C9E146 #46C9E1 #E146C9

tetradic

#C9E146 #46E1AB #5E46E1 #E1467C

square

#C9E146 #46E1AB #5E46E1 #E1467C

split-complementary

#C9E146 #467CE1 #AB46E1

monochromatic

#819518 #AFC921 #C9E146 #D8EA7B #E8F2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#C9E146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E146

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E146	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)

#F0D52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.176 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea82',
    500: '#c9e146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e146;
$custom-light: #ddea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.29,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8643,
    "c": 0.17568,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E146

secondary

#423299

accent

#39EF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E146

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

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