#C9E657#C9E657

#C9E657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.170 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E657
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -28.93, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 70.57, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.67% -0.0842 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.67% 0.17 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1053, 69.6995, 19.6180)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E657 #7457E6

analogous

#E6BC57 #C9E657 #82E657

triadic

#C9E657 #57C9E6 #E657C9

tetradic

#C9E657 #57E6BC #7457E6 #E65782

square

#C9E657 #57E6BC #7457E6 #E65782

split-complementary

#C9E657 #5782E6 #BC57E6

monochromatic

#8CA919 #B8DE22 #C9E657 #DAEE8C #EBF6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#C9E657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E657

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E657	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.170 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8c',
    500: '#c9e657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e657;
$custom-light: #dcee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.168,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87669,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E657

secondary

#4E36AB

accent

#0FD638

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E657

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

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