#C9E645#C9E645

#C9E645 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.182 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E645
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 69)
HSL	hsl(71, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -30.04, 71.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 77.18, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0889 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.182 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4594, 69.4411, 16.2163)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E645 #6245E6

analogous

#E6B245 #C9E645 #78E645

triadic

#C9E645 #45C9E6 #E645C9

tetradic

#C9E645 #45E6B2 #6245E6 #E64578

square

#C9E645 #45E6B2 #6245E6 #E64578

split-complementary

#C9E645 #4578E6 #B245E6

monochromatic

#839C15 #B1D21C #C9E645 #D9ED7B #E8F5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#C9E645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E645

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E645	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)

#F5D929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.182 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded82',
    500: '#c9e645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e645;
$custom-light: #dded82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.807,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87526,
    "c": 0.18194,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E645

secondary

#44309F

accent

#35F357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E645

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

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