#C9E651#C9E651

#C9E651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.174 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E651
RGBrgb(201, 230, 81)
HSLhsl(72, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(12.6%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(86.80, -29.33, 66.71)
CIE-LCHlch(86.80, 72.88, 113.73°)
OKLaboklab(87.62% -0.0859 0.1513)
OKLCHoklch(87.62% 0.174 119.6)
XYZxyz(53.8703, 69.6055, 18.3802)
Luminance0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E651 #6E51E6
analogous
#E6B851 #C9E651 #7EE651
triadic
#C9E651 #51C9E6 #E651C9
tetradic
#C9E651 #51E6B8 #6E51E6 #E6517E
square
#C9E651 #51E6B8 #6E51E6 #E6517E
split-complementary
#C9E651 #517EE6 #B851E6
monochromatic
#89A518 #B6DA1F #C9E651 #DAEE87 #EAF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41
#C9E651 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92
#C9E651 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E651
14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E651#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E6511.001.4114.9214.92
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9221.001.001.00
##00000014.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D93D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DA5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4DAC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.174 119.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded89',
    500: '#c9e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e651;
$custom-light: #dded89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.678,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87617,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E651
secondary
#4B34A7
accent
#0ED736
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E651 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva