#C9E350#C9E350

#C9E350 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.171 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E350
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 80)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -27.99, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 71.91, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0822 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.171 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.0054, 67.9352, 17.9083)
Luminance	0.6794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E350 #6A50E3

analogous

#E3B350 #C9E350 #80E350

triadic

#C9E350 #50C9E3 #E350C9

tetradic

#C9E350 #50E3B3 #6A50E3 #E35080

square

#C9E350 #50E3B3 #6A50E3 #E35080

split-complementary

#C9E350 #5080E3 #B350E3

monochromatic

#879F19 #B4D422 #C9E350 #D9EB85 #EAF4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C9E350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E350

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E350	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.171 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb88',
    500: '#c9e350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e350;
$custom-light: #ddeb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.612,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86948,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E350

secondary

#4835A2

accent

#11D434

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E350

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

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