#C9E847#C9E847

#C9E847 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.183 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E847
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 71)
HSL	hsl(72, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -30.86, 70.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 77.36, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.091 0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.183 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0823, 70.5859, 16.7353)
Luminance	0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E847 #6647E8

analogous

#E8B747 #C9E847 #79E847

triadic

#C9E847 #47C9E8 #E847C9

tetradic

#C9E847 #47E8B7 #6647E8 #E84779

square

#C9E847 #47E8B7 #6647E8 #E84779

split-complementary

#C9E847 #4779E8 #B747E8

monochromatic

#85A114 #B3D71B #C9E847 #D9EF7D #E9F6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#C9E847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E847

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E847	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.183 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef84',
    500: '#c9e847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e847;
$custom-light: #ddef84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.553,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87982,
    "c": 0.18296,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E847

secondary

#4630A3

accent

#34F459

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E847

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

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