#C9E856#C9E856

#C9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.173 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E856
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -29.94, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 71.88, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0871 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.173 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6245, 70.8028, 19.5909)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E856 #7556E8

analogous

#E8BE56 #C9E856 #80E856

triadic

#C9E856 #56C9E8 #E856C9

tetradic

#C9E856 #56E8BE #7556E8 #E85680

square

#C9E856 #56E8BE #7556E8 #E85680

split-complementary

#C9E856 #5680E8 #BE56E8

monochromatic

#8DAC17 #B8E120 #C9E856 #DAEF8C #EBF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#C9E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E856

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E856	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.173 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef8c',
    500: '#c9e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e856;
$custom-light: #dcef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.74,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88101,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E856

secondary

#4E35AD

accent

#0DD838

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E856

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

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