#C9E14B#C9E14B

#C9E14B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.172 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E14B
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 75)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -27.35, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 72.89, 112.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0809 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.172 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.2837, 66.7764, 16.7901)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E14B #634BE1

analogous

#E1AE4B #C9E14B #7EE14B

triadic

#C9E14B #4BC9E1 #E14BC9

tetradic

#C9E14B #4BE1AE #634BE1 #E14B7E

square

#C9E14B #4BE1AE #634BE1 #E14B7E

split-complementary

#C9E14B #4B7EE1 #AE4BE1

monochromatic

#849819 #B1CD22 #C9E14B #D9EA7F #E8F2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#C9E14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E14B

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E14B	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.172 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea85',
    500: '#c9e14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e14b;
$custom-light: #ddea85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86468,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.66776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E14B

secondary

#45349C

accent

#3AEE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E14B

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

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