#C9E358#C9E358

#C9E358 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.165 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E358
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 88)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -27.45, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 68.79, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.08 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.165 119)
XYZ	xyz(53.3188, 68.0606, 19.5588)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E358 #7258E3

analogous

#E3B858 #C9E358 #84E358

triadic

#C9E358 #58C9E3 #E358C9

tetradic

#C9E358 #58E3B8 #7258E3 #E35884

square

#C9E358 #58E3B8 #7258E3 #E35884

split-complementary

#C9E358 #5884E3 #B858E3

monochromatic

#8BA51C #B8D924 #C9E358 #DAEC8C #EBF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#C9E358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E358

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E358	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.165 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8d',
    500: '#c9e358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e358;
$custom-light: #dceb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.223,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87018,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.6806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E358

secondary

#4D38A7

accent

#12D336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E358

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

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