#C9E568#C9E568

#C9E568 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.154 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E568
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 104)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -27.14, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 63.08, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0776 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.154 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6060, 69.4558, 23.6236)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E568 #8468E5

analogous

#E5C268 #C9E568 #8AE568

triadic

#C9E568 #68C9E5 #E568C9

tetradic

#C9E568 #68E5C2 #8468E5 #E5688A

square

#C9E568 #68E5C2 #8468E5 #E5688A

split-complementary

#C9E568 #688AE5 #C268E5

monochromatic

#92B41F #B6DC34 #C9E568 #DCEE9C #EEF7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#C9E568 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E568

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E568	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.154 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced97',
    500: '#c9e568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e568;
$custom-light: #dced97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.44,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87622,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E568

secondary

#583DB4

accent

#13D33E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E568

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

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