#C9E44D#C9E44D

#C9E44D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.174 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E44D
RGBrgb(201, 228, 77)
HSLhsl(71, 74%, 60%)
HSVhsv(71, 66%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(11.8%, 0%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.23, -28.64, 67.66)
CIE-LCHlch(86.23, 73.47, 112.95°)
OKLaboklab(87.14% -0.0843 0.1527)
OKLCHoklch(87.14% 0.174 118.9)
XYZxyz(53.1713, 68.4405, 17.4290)
Luminance0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E44D #684DE4
analogous
#E4B34D #C9E44D #7EE44D
triadic
#C9E44D #4DC9E4 #E44DC9
tetradic
#C9E44D #4DE4B3 #684DE4 #E44D7E
square
#C9E44D #4DE4B3 #684DE4 #E44D7E
split-complementary
#C9E44D #4D7EE4 #B34DE4
monochromatic
#879F18 #B4D420 #C9E44D #D9EC82 #E9F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43
#C9E44D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69
#C9E44D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E44D
14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E44D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E44D1.001.4314.6914.69
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.6921.001.001.00
##00000014.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D837
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD858
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D8C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.174 118.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec87',
    500: '#c9e44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e44d;
$custom-light: #ddec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.728,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87144,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E44D
secondary
#4734A2
accent
#37F059
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E44D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva