#C9E950#C9E950

#C9E950 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.178 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E950
RGB	rgb(201, 233, 80)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -30.80, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 74.60, 114.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.09 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.178 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6751, 71.2747, 18.4649)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E950 #7050E9

analogous

#E9BD50 #C9E950 #7DE950

triadic

#C9E950 #50C9E9 #E950C9

tetradic

#C9E950 #50E9BD #7050E9 #E9507D

square

#C9E950 #50E9BD #7050E9 #E9507D

split-complementary

#C9E950 #507DE9 #BD50E9

monochromatic

#8AA915 #B7E01C #C9E950 #DAF086 #EBF7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#C9E950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E950

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E950	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 233, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.178 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf089',
    500: '#c9e950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e950;
$custom-light: #ddf089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.549,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88271,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E950

secondary

#4C32AB

accent

#0CDA37

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E950

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

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