#C9E759#C9E759

#C9E759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.169 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E759
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -29.26, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 70.24, 114.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0849 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.169 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4672, 70.2908, 20.1473)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E759 #7759E7

analogous

#E7BE59 #C9E759 #82E759

triadic

#C9E759 #59C9E7 #E759C9

tetradic

#C9E759 #59E7BE #7759E7 #E75982

square

#C9E759 #59E7BE #7759E7 #E75982

split-complementary

#C9E759 #5982E7 #BE59E7

monochromatic

#8DAD19 #B8DF24 #C9E759 #DAEF8E #ECF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#C9E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E759

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E759	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.169 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee8e',
    500: '#c9e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e759;
$custom-light: #dcee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.676,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87907,
    "c": 0.16919,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E759

secondary

#5036AE

accent

#0FD739

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E759

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

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