#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
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -29.33, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 72.88, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0859 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.174 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8703, 69.6055, 18.3802)
Luminance	0.6960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9E651	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)

#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

Preview with #C9E651

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

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