#C9E459#C9E459

#C9E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.166 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E459
RGBrgb(201, 228, 89)
HSLhsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(11.8%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.32, -27.85, 62.97)
CIE-LCHlch(86.32, 68.85, 113.86°)
OKLaboklab(87.25% -0.081 0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(87.25% 0.166 119.3)
XYZxyz(53.6348, 68.6259, 19.8698)
Luminance0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E459 #7459E4
analogous
#E4BA59 #C9E459 #83E459
triadic
#C9E459 #59C9E4 #E459C9
tetradic
#C9E459 #59E4BA #7459E4 #E45983
square
#C9E459 #59E4BA #7459E4 #E45983
split-complementary
#C9E459 #5983E4 #BA59E4
monochromatic
#8CA71B #B8DB24 #C9E459 #DAED8E #EBF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43
#C9E459 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73
#C9E459 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E459
14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E459#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E4591.001.4314.7314.73
#FFFFFF1.431.0021.0021.00
#00000014.7321.001.001.00
##00000014.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D848
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD862
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D9C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.166 119.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8d',
    500: '#c9e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e459;
$custom-light: #dcec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.655,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87247,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E459
secondary
#4E38A9
accent
#11D437
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E459 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva