#C9E547#C9E547

#C9E547 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.180 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E547
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 71)
HSL	hsl(71, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 69%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -29.46, 70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 76.06, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0872 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.18 119)
XYZ	xyz(53.2451, 68.9114, 16.4563)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E547 #6347E5

analogous

#E5B247 #C9E547 #7AE547

triadic

#C9E547 #47C9E5 #E547C9

tetradic

#C9E547 #47E5B2 #6347E5 #E5477A

square

#C9E547 #47E5B2 #6347E5 #E5477A

split-complementary

#C9E547 #477AE5 #B247E5

monochromatic

#849C16 #B1D11E #C9E547 #D9ED7D #E8F4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C9E547 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#C9E547 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E547

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E547	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E547	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e547;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.180 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded83',
    500: '#c9e547',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e547;
$custom-light: #dded83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e547",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.633,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87319,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.68911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E547

secondary

#45319F

accent

#36F257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E547

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

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