#C9E893#C9E893

#C9E893 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.115 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E893
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 147)
HSL	hsl(82, 65%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(82, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 36.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -24.02, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 45.00, 122.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0657 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.115 125)
XYZ	xyz(58.2100, 72.2370, 38.4746)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E893 #B293E8

analogous

#E8DC93 #C9E893 #9FE893

triadic

#C9E893 #93C9E8 #E893C9

tetradic

#C9E893 #93E8DC #B293E8 #E8939F

square

#C9E893 #93E8DC #B293E8 #E8939F

split-complementary

#C9E893 #939FE8 #DC93E8

monochromatic

#97D32E #B0DD61 #C9E893 #E2F3C5 #F2FAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9E893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#C9E893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E893

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E893	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEE0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.115 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daefb3',
    500: '#c9e893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e893;
$custom-light: #daefb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.882,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88882,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.72237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E893

secondary

#825DC2

accent

#19CD5A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E893

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

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