#C9E44E#C9E44E

#C9E44E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.174 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E44E
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.23, -28.58, 67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.23, 73.10, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0841 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.174 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2069, 68.4547, 17.6164)
Luminance	0.6845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E44E #694EE4

analogous

#E4B44E #C9E44E #7EE44E

triadic

#C9E44E #4EC9E4 #E44EC9

tetradic

#C9E44E #4EE4B4 #694EE4 #E44E7E

square

#C9E44E #4EE4B4 #694EE4 #E44E7E

split-complementary

#C9E44E #4E7EE4 #B44EE4

monochromatic

#879F18 #B4D420 #C9E44E #D9EC83 #E9F4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#C9E44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E44E

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E44E	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)

#F2D839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.174 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec87',
    500: '#c9e44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e44e;
$custom-light: #ddec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87152,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E44E

secondary

#4834A2

accent

#38F059

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E44E

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

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