#C9E45A#C9E45A

#C9E45A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.165 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E45A
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -27.78, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 68.45, 113.94°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0807 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.165 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6771, 68.6428, 20.0925)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E45A #755AE4

analogous

#E4BA5A #C9E45A #84E45A

triadic

#C9E45A #5AC9E4 #E45AC9

tetradic

#C9E45A #5AE4BA #755AE4 #E45A84

square

#C9E45A #5AE4BA #755AE4 #E45A84

split-complementary

#C9E45A #5A84E4 #BA5AE4

monochromatic

#8DA81C #B8DB25 #C9E45A #DAED8F #EBF5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#C9E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E45A

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E45A	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.165 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8e',
    500: '#c9e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e45a;
$custom-light: #dcec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87257,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E45A

secondary

#4E38AA

accent

#12D438

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E45A

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

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