#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
RGBrgb(201, 228, 71)
HSLhsl(70, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(70, 69%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(11.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.19, -28.99, 69.85)
CIE-LCHlch(86.19, 75.63, 112.54°)
OKLaboklab(87.1% -0.0859 0.1564)
OKLCHoklch(87.1% 0.178 118.8)
XYZxyz(52.9692, 68.3596, 16.3643)
Luminance0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##C9E4471.001.4314.6714.67
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6721.001.001.00
##00000014.6721.001.001.00

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

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#C9E447 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva