#C9E458#C9E458

#C9E458 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.166 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E458
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 88)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -27.92, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 69.25, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0813 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.166 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5931, 68.6092, 19.6502)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E458 #7358E4

analogous

#E4B958 #C9E458 #83E458

triadic

#C9E458 #58C9E4 #E458C9

tetradic

#C9E458 #58E4B9 #7358E4 #E45883

square

#C9E458 #58E4B9 #7358E4 #E45883

split-complementary

#C9E458 #5883E4 #B958E4

monochromatic

#8CA71B #B8DB23 #C9E458 #DAED8D #EBF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#C9E458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E458

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E458	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)

#F2D847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.166 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8d',
    500: '#c9e458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e458;
$custom-light: #dcec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.571,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87238,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E458

secondary

#4D37A9

accent

#11D437

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E458

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

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