#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
RGBrgb(201, 232, 71)
HSLhsl(72, 78%, 59%)
HSVhsv(72, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(13.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(87.28, -30.86, 70.94)
CIE-LCHlch(87.28, 77.36, 113.51°)
OKLaboklab(87.98% -0.091 0.1587)
OKLCHoklch(87.98% 0.183 119.8)
XYZxyz(54.0823, 70.5859, 16.7353)
Luminance0.7059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9E8471.001.3915.1215.12
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1221.001.001.00
##00000015.1221.001.001.00

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

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#C9E847 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva