#C9E64E#C9E64E

#C9E64E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.176 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E64E
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -29.52, 67.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 73.99, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0867 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.176 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7603, 69.5615, 17.8008)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E64E #6B4EE6

analogous

#E6B74E #C9E64E #7DE64E

triadic

#C9E64E #4EC9E6 #E64EC9

tetradic

#C9E64E #4EE6B7 #6B4EE6 #E64E7D

square

#C9E64E #4EE6B7 #6B4EE6 #E64E7D

split-complementary

#C9E64E #4E7DE6 #B74EE6

monochromatic

#88A317 #B5D81F #C9E64E #D9EE84 #EAF5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#C9E64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E64E

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E64E	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.176 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded87',
    500: '#c9e64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e64e;
$custom-light: #dded87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.447,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87592,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E64E

secondary

#4933A5

accent

#0ED734

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E64E

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

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