#C9E34A#C9E34A

#C9E34A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.175 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E34A
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 74)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -28.35, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 74.13, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0838 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.175 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7935, 67.8505, 16.7925)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E34A #644AE3

analogous

#E3B14A #C9E34A #7DE34A

triadic

#C9E34A #4AC9E3 #E34AC9

tetradic

#C9E34A #4AE3B1 #644AE3 #E34A7D

square

#C9E34A #4AE3B1 #644AE3 #E34A7D

split-complementary

#C9E34A #4A7DE3 #B14AE3

monochromatic

#849B18 #B2D020 #C9E34A #D9EB7F #E9F3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#C9E34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E34A

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E34A	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.175 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb85',
    500: '#c9e34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e34a;
$custom-light: #ddeb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.196,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.869,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E34A

secondary

#45339E

accent

#38F057

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E34A

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

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