#C9E46D#C9E46D

#C9E46D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.148 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E46D
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 109)
HSL	hsl(74, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 52.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -26.22, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 60.41, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0746 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.148 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5916, 69.0086, 24.9091)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E46D #886DE4

analogous

#E4C36D #C9E46D #8DE46D

triadic

#C9E46D #6DC9E4 #E46DC9

tetradic

#C9E46D #6DE4C3 #886DE4 #E46D8D

square

#C9E46D #6DE4C3 #886DE4 #E46D8D

split-complementary

#C9E46D #6D8DE4 #C36DE4

monochromatic

#94B521 #B6DA39 #C9E46D #DCEEA1 #EFF7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C9E46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#C9E46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E46D

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E46D	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.148 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec9a',
    500: '#c9e46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e46d;
$custom-light: #dbec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.613,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87461,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E46D

secondary

#5A40B6

accent

#15D13F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E46D

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

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