#C9E863#C9E863

#C9E863 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.162 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E863
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 99)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -28.97, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 66.65, 115.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0832 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.162 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1967, 71.0317, 22.6046)
Luminance	0.7103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E863 #8263E8

analogous

#E8C563 #C9E863 #86E863

triadic

#C9E863 #63C9E8 #E863C9

tetradic

#C9E863 #63E8C5 #8263E8 #E86386

square

#C9E863 #63E8C5 #8263E8 #E86386

split-complementary

#C9E863 #6386E8 #C563E8

monochromatic

#92B61B #B7E02E #C9E863 #DBF098 #EEF8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#C9E863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E863

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E863	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.162 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef94',
    500: '#c9e863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e863;
$custom-light: #dcef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.985,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88226,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E863

secondary

#5639B6

accent

#0FD63E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E863

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

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