#C9E14F#C9E14F

#C9E14F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.170 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E14F
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 79)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 64.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -27.10, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 71.40, 112.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0799 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.17 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4249, 66.8329, 17.5339)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E14F #674FE1

analogous

#E1B04F #C9E14F #80E14F

triadic

#C9E14F #4FC9E1 #E14FC9

tetradic

#C9E14F #4FE1B0 #674FE1 #E14F80

square

#C9E14F #4FE1B0 #674FE1 #E14F80

split-complementary

#C9E14F #4F80E1 #B04FE1

monochromatic

#869B1A #B3CF23 #C9E14F #D9EA83 #E9F3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#C9E14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E14F

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E14F	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.170 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea87',
    500: '#c9e14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e14f;
$custom-light: #ddea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 70.874,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.865,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E14F

secondary

#47359F

accent

#3AEE58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E14F

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

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