#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
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(78, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(78, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 41.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.35, -24.62, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.35, 50.04, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0681 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.126 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6872, 70.7322, 33.2159)
Luminance	0.7073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##C9E686	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E686

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

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