#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
RGBrgb(201, 233, 78)
HSLhsl(72, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(72, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(13.7%, 0%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.60, -30.92, 68.70)
CIE-LCHlch(87.60, 75.33, 114.23°)
OKLaboklab(88.26% -0.0906 0.155)
OKLCHoklch(88.26% 0.18 120.3)
XYZxyz(54.6023, 71.2456, 18.0815)
Luminance0.7125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##C9E94E1.001.3815.2515.25
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2521.001.001.00
##00000015.2521.001.001.00

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

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#C9E94E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva