#C9E850#C9E850

#C9E850 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.177 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E850
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 80)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -30.33, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 74.15, 114.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0888 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.177 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3928, 70.7101, 18.3708)
Luminance	0.7071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E850 #6F50E8

analogous

#E8BB50 #C9E850 #7DE850

triadic

#C9E850 #50C9E8 #E850C9

tetradic

#C9E850 #50E8BB #6F50E8 #E8507D

square

#C9E850 #50E8BB #6F50E8 #E8507D

split-complementary

#C9E850 #507DE8 #BB50E8

monochromatic

#8AA816 #B6DE1D #C9E850 #DAEF86 #EAF6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#C9E850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E850

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E850	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.177 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef89',
    500: '#c9e850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e850;
$custom-light: #ddef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.237,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8805,
    "c": 0.177,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E850

secondary

#4B33A9

accent

#0DD936

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E850

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

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