#C9E750#C9E750

#C9E750 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.176 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E750
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 80)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -29.86, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 73.70, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0875 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.176 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1122, 70.1488, 18.2772)
Luminance	0.7015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E750 #6E50E7

analogous

#E7BA50 #C9E750 #7DE750

triadic

#C9E750 #50C9E7 #E750C9

tetradic

#C9E750 #50E7BA #6E50E7 #E7507D

square

#C9E750 #50E7BA #6E50E7 #E7507D

split-complementary

#C9E750 #507DE7 #BA50E7

monochromatic

#89A617 #B6DC1E #C9E750 #DAEE86 #EAF6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C9E750 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#C9E750 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E750

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E750	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E750	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e750;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.176 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddee88',
    500: '#c9e750',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e750;
$custom-light: #ddee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e750",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.921,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87829,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E750

secondary

#4B33A8

accent

#0DD836

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E750

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

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