#C9E87F#C9E87F

#C9E87F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.136 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E87F
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 127)
HSL	hsl(78, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 45.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -26.35, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 54.34, 119.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0734 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.136 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7748, 71.6629, 30.9159)
Luminance	0.7166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E87F #9E7FE8

analogous

#E8D27F #C9E87F #95E87F

triadic

#C9E87F #7FC9E8 #E87FC9

tetradic

#C9E87F #7FE8D2 #9E7FE8 #E87F95

square

#C9E87F #7FE8D2 #9E7FE8 #E87F95

split-complementary

#C9E87F #7F95E8 #D27FE8

monochromatic

#98C924 #B3DF4B #C9E87F #DFF1B3 #F4FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9E87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#C9E87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E87F

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E87F	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.136 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbefa6',
    500: '#c9e87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e87f;
$custom-light: #dbefa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.714,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8857,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E87F

secondary

#6D4BC1

accent

#14D24C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E87F

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

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