#C9E34D#C9E34D

#C9E34D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.173 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E34D
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 77)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -28.17, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 73.03, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.083 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.173 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8970, 67.8919, 17.3375)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E34D #674DE3

analogous

#E3B24D #C9E34D #7EE34D

triadic

#C9E34D #4DC9E3 #E34DC9

tetradic

#C9E34D #4DE3B2 #674DE3 #E34D7E

square

#C9E34D #4DE3B2 #674DE3 #E34D7E

split-complementary

#C9E34D #4D7EE3 #B24DE3

monochromatic

#869D19 #B3D221 #C9E34D #D9EB82 #E9F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C9E34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E34D

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E34D	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)

#F1D737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.173 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb86',
    500: '#c9e34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e34d;
$custom-light: #ddeb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.4,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86923,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E34D

secondary

#4734A0

accent

#38F058

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E34D

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

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