#C9E34E#C9E34E

#C9E34E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.173 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E34E
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 65.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.96, -28.11, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.96, 72.66, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0828 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.173 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9326, 67.9061, 17.5249)
Luminance	0.6791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E34E #684EE3

analogous

#E3B34E #C9E34E #7EE34E

triadic

#C9E34E #4EC9E3 #E34EC9

tetradic

#C9E34E #4EE3B3 #684EE3 #E34E7E

square

#C9E34E #4EE3B3 #684EE3 #E34E7E

split-complementary

#C9E34E #4E7EE3 #B34EE3

monochromatic

#879E19 #B4D321 #C9E34E #D9EB83 #E9F4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#C9E34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E34E

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E34E	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)

#F1D739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.173 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb87',
    500: '#c9e34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e34e;
$custom-light: #ddeb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.47,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86931,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E34E

secondary

#4734A1

accent

#38EF58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E34E

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

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