#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
RGBrgb(201, 233, 80)
HSLhsl(73, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(73, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(13.7%, 0%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.62, -30.80, 67.95)
CIE-LCHlch(87.62, 74.60, 114.38°)
OKLaboklab(88.27% -0.09 0.1537)
OKLCHoklch(88.27% 0.178 120.4)
XYZxyz(54.6751, 71.2747, 18.4649)
Luminance0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##C9E9501.001.3815.2615.26
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2621.001.001.00
##00000015.2621.001.001.00

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

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#C9E950 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva