#C9E793#C9E793

#C9E793 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.113 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E793
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 147)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 36.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -23.54, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 44.45, 121.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0643 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.113 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9293, 71.6756, 38.3810)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E793 #B193E7

analogous

#E7DB93 #C9E793 #9FE793

triadic

#C9E793 #93C9E7 #E793C9

tetradic

#C9E793 #93E7DB #B193E7 #E7939F

square

#C9E793 #93E7DB #B193E7 #E7939F

split-complementary

#C9E793 #939FE7 #DB93E7

monochromatic

#97D12F #B0DC61 #C9E793 #E2F2C5 #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9E793 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#C9E793 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E793

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E793	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E793	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e793;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.113 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeeb3',
    500: '#c9e793',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e793;
$custom-light: #daeeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e793",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88666,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E793

secondary

#815DC1

accent

#1ACB59

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E793

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

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