#C9E456#C9E456

#C9E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.168 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E456
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -28.06, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 70.04, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0819 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.168 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5114, 68.5765, 19.2199)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E456 #7156E4

analogous

#E4B856 #C9E456 #82E456

triadic

#C9E456 #56C9E4 #E456C9

tetradic

#C9E456 #56E4B8 #7156E4 #E45682

square

#C9E456 #56E4B8 #7156E4 #E45682

split-complementary

#C9E456 #5682E4 #B856E4

monochromatic

#8BA51A #B7DA23 #C9E456 #DAEC8B #EBF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#C9E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E456

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E456	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.168 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8c',
    500: '#c9e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e456;
$custom-light: #dcec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.408,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8722,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E456

secondary

#4C37A7

accent

#11D536

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E456

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

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