#C9E596#C9E596

#C9E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.107 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E596
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(81, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -22.19, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 41.91, 121.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0604 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.107 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.6112, 70.6579, 39.4515)
Luminance	0.7066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E596 #B296E5

analogous

#E5DA96 #C9E596 #A2E596

triadic

#C9E596 #96C9E5 #E596C9

tetradic

#C9E596 #96E5DA #B296E5 #E596A2

square

#C9E596 #96E5DA #B296E5 #E596A2

split-complementary

#C9E596 #96A2E5 #DA96E5

monochromatic

#97CD34 #B0D965 #C9E596 #E2F1C7 #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#C9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E596

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E596	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.107 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daedb5',
    500: '#c9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e596;
$custom-light: #daedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.266,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88286,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E596

secondary

#8261BF

accent

#1EC85A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E596

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

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