#C9E756#C9E756

#C9E756 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.171 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E756
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -29.47, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 71.42, 114.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0858 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.171 120)
XYZ	xyz(54.3438, 70.2414, 19.4973)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E756 #7456E7

analogous

#E7BD56 #C9E756 #80E756

triadic

#C9E756 #56C9E7 #E756C9

tetradic

#C9E756 #56E7BD #7456E7 #E75680

square

#C9E756 #56E7BD #7456E7 #E75680

split-complementary

#C9E756 #5680E7 #BD56E7

monochromatic

#8CAA18 #B8DF20 #C9E756 #DAEF8C #EBF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C9E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#C9E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E756

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E756	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.171 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8c',
    500: '#c9e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e756;
$custom-light: #dcee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.414,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8788,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.70241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E756

secondary

#4E35AC

accent

#0ED738

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E756

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

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