#C9E34B#C9E34B

#C9E34B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; 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	#C9E34B
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 75)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 67%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -28.29, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 73.76, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0836 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.175 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8275, 67.8641, 16.9713)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E34B #654BE3

analogous

#E3B14B #C9E34B #7DE34B

triadic

#C9E34B #4BC9E3 #E34BC9

tetradic

#C9E34B #4BE3B1 #654BE3 #E34B7D

square

#C9E34B #4BE3B1 #654BE3 #E34B7D

split-complementary

#C9E34B #4B7DE3 #B14BE3

monochromatic

#859B18 #B2D020 #C9E34B #D9EB80 #E9F3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#C9E34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E34B

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E34B	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)

#F1D734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.175 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb85',
    500: '#c9e34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e34b;
$custom-light: #ddeb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.263,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86908,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E34B

secondary

#46339F

accent

#38F057

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E34B

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

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