#C9E150#C9E150

#C9E150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.169 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E150
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 80)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -27.04, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 71.02, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0796 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.169 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4616, 66.8476, 17.7270)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E150 #6850E1

analogous

#E1B150 #C9E150 #81E150

triadic

#C9E150 #50C9E1 #E150C9

tetradic

#C9E150 #50E1B1 #6850E1 #E15081

square

#C9E150 #50E1B1 #6850E1 #E15081

split-complementary

#C9E150 #5081E1 #B150E1

monochromatic

#879C1B #B4D024 #C9E150 #D9EA84 #E9F3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#C9E150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E150

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E150	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)

#EFD53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.169 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea88',
    500: '#c9e150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e150;
$custom-light: #dcea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86508,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E150

secondary

#47369F

accent

#3AED58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E150

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

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