#C9E860#C9E860

#C9E860 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.165 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E860
RGBrgb(201, 232, 96)
HSLhsl(74, 75%, 64%)
HSVhsv(74, 59%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(13.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(87.47, -29.21, 61.29)
CIE-LCHlch(87.47, 67.89, 115.48°)
OKLaboklab(88.2% -0.0841 0.1417)
OKLCHoklch(88.2% 0.165 120.7)
XYZxyz(55.0560, 70.9754, 21.8632)
Luminance0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E860 #7F60E8
analogous
#E8C360 #C9E860 #85E860
triadic
#C9E860 #60C9E8 #E860C9
tetradic
#C9E860 #60E8C3 #7F60E8 #E86085
square
#C9E860 #60E8C3 #7F60E8 #E86085
split-complementary
#C9E860 #6085E8 #C360E8
monochromatic
#91B41A #B7E02B #C9E860 #DBF095 #EDF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38
#C9E860 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20
#C9E860 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E860
15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E860#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E8601.001.3815.2015.20
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2021.001.001.00
##00000015.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DC51
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DB69
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3DDCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.165 120.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef92',
    500: '#c9e860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e860;
$custom-light: #dcef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.676,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88195,
    "c": 0.16479,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E860
secondary
#5438B4
accent
#0FD73C
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F

Preview Lab

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#C9E860 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva