#C9E151#C9E151

#C9E151 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.168 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E151
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -26.98, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 70.63, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0793 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.168 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4988, 66.8625, 17.9231)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E151 #6951E1

analogous

#E1B151 #C9E151 #81E151

triadic

#C9E151 #51C9E1 #E151C9

tetradic

#C9E151 #51E1B1 #6951E1 #E15181

square

#C9E151 #51E1B1 #6951E1 #E15181

split-complementary

#C9E151 #5181E1 #B151E1

monochromatic

#879D1B #B4D124 #C9E151 #D9EA85 #E9F3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#C9E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E151

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E151	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)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.168 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea89',
    500: '#c9e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e151;
$custom-light: #dcea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86516,
    "c": 0.16815,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E151

secondary

#4836A0

accent

#3AED58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E151

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

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