#C9E648#C9E648

#C9E648 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.180 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E648
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 72)
HSL	hsl(71, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -29.87, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 76.15, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0882 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.18 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5549, 69.4793, 16.7192)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E648 #6548E6

analogous

#E6B448 #C9E648 #7AE648

triadic

#C9E648 #48C9E6 #E648C9

tetradic

#C9E648 #48E6B4 #6548E6 #E6487A

square

#C9E648 #48E6B4 #6548E6 #E6487A

split-complementary

#C9E648 #487AE6 #B448E6

monochromatic

#859E16 #B2D41D #C9E648 #D9ED7E #E9F5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#C9E648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E648

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E648	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.180 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded84',
    500: '#c9e648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e648;
$custom-light: #dded84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.013,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87547,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E648

secondary

#4631A1

accent

#35F358

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E648

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

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