#C9E765#C9E765

#C9E765 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.159 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E765
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 101)
HSL	hsl(74, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -28.34, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 65.33, 115.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0812 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.159 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0128, 70.5090, 23.0208)
Luminance	0.7051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E765 #8365E7

analogous

#E7C465 #C9E765 #88E765

triadic

#C9E765 #65C9E7 #E765C9

tetradic

#C9E765 #65E7C4 #8365E7 #E76588

square

#C9E765 #65E7C4 #8365E7 #E76588

split-complementary

#C9E765 #6588E7 #C465E7

monochromatic

#92B51C #B6DF30 #C9E765 #DCEF9A #EEF8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#C9E765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E765

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E765	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.159 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcee95',
    500: '#c9e765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e765;
$custom-light: #dcee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88027,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E765

secondary

#573BB5

accent

#10D53E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E765

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

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