#C9E654#C9E654

#C9E654 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.172 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E654
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 84)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 63.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -29.14, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 71.73, 113.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0851 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.172 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9853, 69.6515, 18.9859)
Luminance	0.6965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E654 #7154E6

analogous

#E6BA54 #C9E654 #80E654

triadic

#C9E654 #54C9E6 #E654C9

tetradic

#C9E654 #54E6BA #7154E6 #E65480

square

#C9E654 #54E6BA #7154E6 #E65480

split-complementary

#C9E654 #5480E6 #BA54E6

monochromatic

#8BA718 #B7DD20 #C9E654 #DAEE89 #EBF6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E654 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#C9E654 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E654

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E654	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E654	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e654;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.172 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8b',
    500: '#c9e654',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e654;
$custom-light: #dcee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e654",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87642,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E654

secondary

#4C35A9

accent

#0FD737

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E654

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

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