#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
RGBrgb(201, 225, 70)
HSLhsl(69, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(10.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(85.36, -27.64, 69.38)
CIE-LCHlch(85.36, 74.68, 111.72°)
OKLaboklab(86.43% -0.0822 0.1553)
OKLCHoklch(86.43% 0.176 117.9)
XYZxyz(52.1192, 66.7106, 15.9240)
Luminance0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C9E1461.001.4614.3414.34
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3421.001.001.00
##00000014.3421.001.001.00

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

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#C9E146 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva