#C9E447#C9E447

#C9E447 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.178 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E447
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 71)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -28.99, 69.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 75.63, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0859 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.178 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9692, 68.3596, 16.3643)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E447 #6247E4

analogous

#E4B047 #C9E447 #7AE447

triadic

#C9E447 #47C9E4 #E447C9

tetradic

#C9E447 #47E4B0 #6247E4 #E4477A

square

#C9E447 #47E4B0 #6247E4 #E4477A

split-complementary

#C9E447 #477AE4 #B047E4

monochromatic

#839A17 #B1CF1E #C9E447 #D9EC7C #E8F4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#C9E447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E447

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E447	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.178 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec83',
    500: '#c9e447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e447;
$custom-light: #ddec83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.318,
    "s": 74.408,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87098,
    "c": 0.17843,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E447

secondary

#44329E

accent

#37F157

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E447

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

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