#C9E44A#C9E44A

#C9E44A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.176 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E44A
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, -28.82, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 74.56, 112.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0851 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.176 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0678, 68.3991, 16.8839)
Luminance	0.6840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E44A #654AE4

analogous

#E4B24A #C9E44A #7CE44A

triadic

#C9E44A #4AC9E4 #E44AC9

tetradic

#C9E44A #4AE4B2 #654AE4 #E44A7C

square

#C9E44A #4AE4B2 #654AE4 #E44A7C

split-complementary

#C9E44A #4A7CE4 #B24AE4

monochromatic

#859C17 #B2D21F #C9E44A #D9EC7F #E9F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#C9E44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E44A

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E44A	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.176 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec85',
    500: '#c9e44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e44a;
$custom-light: #ddec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.519,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8712,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E44A

secondary

#4633A0

accent

#37F158

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E44A

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

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