#C9E475#C9E475

#C9E475 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.141 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E475
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 48.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -25.47, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 56.83, 116.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0717 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.141 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0420, 69.1888, 27.2812)
Luminance	0.6919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E475 #9075E4

analogous

#E4C875 #C9E475 #91E475

triadic

#C9E475 #75C9E4 #E475C9

tetradic

#C9E475 #75E4C8 #9075E4 #E47591

square

#C9E475 #75E4C8 #9075E4 #E47591

split-complementary

#C9E475 #7591E4 #C875E4

monochromatic

#96BA24 #B5DA42 #C9E475 #DDEEA8 #F1F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C9E475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#C9E475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E475

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E475	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.141 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbec9f',
    500: '#c9e475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e475;
$custom-light: #dbec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.595,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87561,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E475

secondary

#6043BA

accent

#16CF43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E475

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

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