#C9E679#C9E679

#C9E679 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.139 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E679
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -26.02, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 56.04, 117.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.073 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.139 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8356, 70.3916, 28.7309)
Luminance	0.7039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E679 #9679E6

analogous

#E6CD79 #C9E679 #93E679

triadic

#C9E679 #79C9E6 #E679C9

tetradic

#C9E679 #79E6CD #9679E6 #E67993

square

#C9E679 #79E6CD #9679E6 #E67993

split-complementary

#C9E679 #7993E6 #CD79E6

monochromatic

#97C124 #B4DC45 #C9E679 #DEF0AD #F3F9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#C9E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E679

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E679	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.139 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeea2',
    500: '#c9e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e679;
$custom-light: #dbeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.963,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88051,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E679

secondary

#6545BE

accent

#15D047

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E679

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

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