#C9E362#C9E362

#C9E362 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.157 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E362
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -26.69, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 64.67, 114.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0769 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.157 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7618, 68.2378, 21.8919)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E362 #7C62E3

analogous

#E3BC62 #C9E362 #88E362

triadic

#C9E362 #62C9E3 #E362C9

tetradic

#C9E362 #62E3BC #7C62E3 #E36288

square

#C9E362 #62E3BC #7C62E3 #E36288

split-complementary

#C9E362 #6288E3 #BC62E3

monochromatic

#8FAC1F #B7DA2E #C9E362 #DBEC96 #EDF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#C9E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E362

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E362	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.157 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb93',
    500: '#c9e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e362;
$custom-light: #dceb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.093,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87118,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E362

secondary

#533CAE

accent

#14D23A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E362

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

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