#C9E658#C9E658

#C9E658 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.169 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E658
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 88)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -28.86, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 70.17, 114.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0839 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.169 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1465, 69.7159, 19.8347)
Luminance	0.6972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E658 #7558E6

analogous

#E6BC58 #C9E658 #82E658

triadic

#C9E658 #58C9E6 #E658C9

tetradic

#C9E658 #58E6BC #7558E6 #E65882

square

#C9E658 #58E6BC #7558E6 #E65882

split-complementary

#C9E658 #5882E6 #BC58E6

monochromatic

#8DAA19 #B8DE23 #C9E658 #DAEE8D #EBF6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#C9E658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E658

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E658	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)

#F4DA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.169 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8d',
    500: '#c9e658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e658;
$custom-light: #dcee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.254,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87678,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E658

secondary

#4E37AC

accent

#0FD638

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E658

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

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