#C9E44C#C9E44C

#C9E44C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.175 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E44C
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 76)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -28.70, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 73.84, 112.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0846 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.175 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1363, 68.4265, 17.2445)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E44C #674CE4

analogous

#E4B34C #C9E44C #7DE44C

triadic

#C9E44C #4CC9E4 #E44CC9

tetradic

#C9E44C #4CE4B3 #674CE4 #E44C7D

square

#C9E44C #4CE4B3 #674CE4 #E44C7D

split-complementary

#C9E44C #4C7DE4 #B34CE4

monochromatic

#869E18 #B3D320 #C9E44C #D9EC81 #E9F4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C9E44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E44C

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E44C	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.175 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec86',
    500: '#c9e44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e44c;
$custom-light: #ddec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.658,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87136,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E44C

secondary

#4733A1

accent

#37F058

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E44C

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

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