#C9E94E#C9E94E

#C9E94E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.180 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E94E
RGB	rgb(201, 233, 78)
HSL	hsl(72, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.60, -30.92, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.60, 75.33, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0906 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.18 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6023, 71.2456, 18.0815)
Luminance	0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E94E #6E4EE9

analogous

#E9BB4E #C9E94E #7BE94E

triadic

#C9E94E #4EC9E9 #E94EC9

tetradic

#C9E94E #4EE9BB #6E4EE9 #E94E7B

square

#C9E94E #4EE9BB #6E4EE9 #E94E7B

split-complementary

#C9E94E #4E7BE9 #BB4EE9

monochromatic

#89A815 #B6DE1C #C9E94E #DAF084 #EAF7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#C9E94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E94E

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E94E	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 233, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.180 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf088',
    500: '#c9e94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e94e;
$custom-light: #ddf088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.387,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88255,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E94E

secondary

#4B32A9

accent

#0BDA36

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E94E

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

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