#C9E87D#C9E87D

#C9E87D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.138 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E87D
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 125)
HSL	hsl(77, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 46.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.78, -26.56, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.78, 55.25, 118.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0742 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.138 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6458, 71.6113, 30.2362)
Luminance	0.7161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E87D #9C7DE8

analogous

#E8D17D #C9E87D #94E87D

triadic

#C9E87D #7DC9E8 #E87DC9

tetradic

#C9E87D #7DE8D1 #9C7DE8 #E87D94

square

#C9E87D #7DE8D1 #9C7DE8 #E87D94

split-complementary

#C9E87D #7D94E8 #D17DE8

monochromatic

#98C723 #B3DF49 #C9E87D #DFF1B1 #F4FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9E87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#C9E87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E87D

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E87D	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.138 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbefa5',
    500: '#c9e87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e87d;
$custom-light: #dbefa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.383,
    "s": 69.935,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88542,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E87D

secondary

#6B49C1

accent

#14D24B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E87D

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

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