#C9E35B#C9E35B

#C9E35B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.163 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E35B
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -27.23, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 67.58, 113.76°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0791 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.163 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4456, 68.1113, 20.2267)
Luminance	0.6811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E35B #755BE3

analogous

#E3B95B #C9E35B #85E35B

triadic

#C9E35B #5BC9E3 #E35BC9

tetradic

#C9E35B #5BE3B9 #755BE3 #E35B85

square

#C9E35B #5BE3B9 #755BE3 #E35B85

split-complementary

#C9E35B #5B85E3 #B95BE3

monochromatic

#8DA71D #B8DA27 #C9E35B #DAEC8F #EBF5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#C9E35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E35B

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E35B	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.163 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8f',
    500: '#c9e35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e35b;
$custom-light: #dceb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.471,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87047,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E35B

secondary

#4E39A9

accent

#13D337

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E35B

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

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