#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
RGBrgb(201, 228, 88)
HSLhsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(11.8%, 0%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.31, -27.92, 63.37)
CIE-LCHlch(86.31, 69.25, 113.78°)
OKLaboklab(87.24% -0.0813 0.1452)
OKLCHoklch(87.24% 0.166 119.2)
XYZxyz(53.5931, 68.6092, 19.6502)
Luminance0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##C9E4581.001.4314.7214.72
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7221.001.001.00
##00000014.7221.001.001.00

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

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#C9E458 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva