#C9E85F#C9E85F

#C9E85F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.166 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E85F
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -29.28, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 68.30, 115.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0844 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.166 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0102, 70.9571, 21.6223)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E85F #7E5FE8

analogous

#E8C35F #C9E85F #85E85F

triadic

#C9E85F #5FC9E8 #E85FC9

tetradic

#C9E85F #5FE8C3 #7E5FE8 #E85F85

square

#C9E85F #5FE8C3 #7E5FE8 #E85F85

split-complementary

#C9E85F #5F85E8 #C35FE8

monochromatic

#90B31A #B7E029 #C9E85F #DBF095 #EDF7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#C9E85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E85F

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E85F	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.166 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef91',
    500: '#c9e85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e85f;
$custom-light: #dcef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.577,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88185,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E85F

secondary

#5438B3

accent

#0ED73C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E85F

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

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