#C9E686#C9E686

#C9E686 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.126 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E686
RGBrgb(201, 230, 134)
HSLhsl(78, 66%, 71%)
HSVhsv(78, 42%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(12.6%, 0%, 41.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(87.35, -24.62, 43.56)
CIE-LCHlch(87.35, 50.04, 119.47°)
OKLaboklab(88.24% -0.0681 0.1059)
OKLCHoklch(88.24% 0.126 122.7)
XYZxyz(56.6872, 70.7322, 33.2159)
Luminance0.7073 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E686 #A386E6
analogous
#E6D386 #C9E686 #99E686
triadic
#C9E686 #86C9E6 #E686C9
tetradic
#C9E686 #86E6D3 #A386E6 #E68699
square
#C9E686 #86E6D3 #A386E6 #E68699
split-complementary
#C9E686 #8699E6 #D386E6
monochromatic
#98C829 #B2DC53 #C9E686 #E0F0B9 #F4FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39
#C9E686 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15
#C9E686 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E686
15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E686#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E6861.001.3915.1515.15
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1521.001.001.00
##00000015.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0DC7F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECDB8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0DDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.126 122.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeeaa',
    500: '#c9e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e686;
$custom-light: #dbeeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.125,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88238,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E686
secondary
#7251BF
accent
#18CE4F
background
#FEFFFD
surface
#FCFEF7
border
#D5D6D0
text
#151610
muted
#848581

Preview Lab

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#C9E686 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva