#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
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 96)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -29.21, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 67.89, 115.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0841 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.165 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0560, 70.9754, 21.8632)
Luminance	0.7097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9E860	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E860

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

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