#C9E34C#C9E34C

#C9E34C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.174 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E34C
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 76)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 66.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -28.23, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 73.40, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0833 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.174 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8620, 67.8779, 17.1530)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E34C #664CE3

analogous

#E3B24C #C9E34C #7EE34C

triadic

#C9E34C #4CC9E3 #E34CC9

tetradic

#C9E34C #4CE3B2 #664CE3 #E34C7E

square

#C9E34C #4CE3B2 #664CE3 #E34C7E

split-complementary

#C9E34C #4C7EE3 #B24CE3

monochromatic

#859C18 #B3D121 #C9E34C #D9EB81 #E9F4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C9E34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E34C

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E34C	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.174 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb86',
    500: '#c9e34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e34c;
$custom-light: #ddeb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.331,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86915,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E34C

secondary

#4634A0

accent

#38F058

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E34C

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

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