#C9E685#C9E685

#C9E685 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.127 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E685
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(78, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(78, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -24.73, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 50.51, 119.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0685 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.127 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6178, 70.7045, 32.8503)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E685 #A285E6

analogous

#E6D285 #C9E685 #98E685

triadic

#C9E685 #85C9E6 #E685C9

tetradic

#C9E685 #85E6D2 #A285E6 #E68598

square

#C9E685 #85E6D2 #A285E6 #E68598

split-complementary

#C9E685 #8598E6 #D285E6

monochromatic

#98C829 #B3DC52 #C9E685 #DFF0B8 #F4FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#C9E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E685

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E685	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.127 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeeaa',
    500: '#c9e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e685;
$custom-light: #dbeeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.938,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88223,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E685

secondary

#7150BF

accent

#18CE4E

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E685

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

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