#C9E650#C9E650

#C9E650 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.175 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E650
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 80)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -29.40, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 73.25, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0862 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.175 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8331, 69.5906, 18.1842)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E650 #6D50E6

analogous

#E6B850 #C9E650 #7EE650

triadic

#C9E650 #50C9E6 #E650C9

tetradic

#C9E650 #50E6B8 #6D50E6 #E6507E

square

#C9E650 #50E6B8 #6D50E6 #E6507E

split-complementary

#C9E650 #507EE6 #B850E6

monochromatic

#89A417 #B6DA1F #C9E650 #DAEE86 #EAF5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#C9E650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E650

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E650	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.175 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded88',
    500: '#c9e650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e650;
$custom-light: #dded88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87608,
    "c": 0.17468,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E650

secondary

#4A34A6

accent

#0ED735

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E650

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

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