#C9E95E#C9E95E
#C9E95E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.168 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C9E95E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(201, 233, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.73, -29.83, 62.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.73, 69.18, 115.54°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.4% -0.086 0.1439) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.4% 0.168 120.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2473, 71.5036, 21.4786) |
| Luminance | 0.7150 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 3.49
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 4.76
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 5.32
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.38
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 5.54
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 5.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C9E95E #7E5EE9
analogous
#E9C45E #C9E95E #84E95E
triadic
#C9E95E #5EC9E9 #E95EC9
tetradic
#C9E95E #5EE9C4 #7E5EE9 #E95E84
square
#C9E95E #5EE9C4 #7E5EE9 #E95E84
split-complementary
#C9E95E #5E84E9 #C45EE9
monochromatic
#90B419 #B7E228 #C9E95E #DBF094 #EDF8CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#C9E95E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.30
#C9E95E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C9E95E
15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C9E95E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C9E95E | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.30 | 15.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3DECB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c9e95e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 233, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.168 120.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcf091',
500: '#c9e95e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c9e95e; $custom-light: #dcf091; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c9e95e",
"rgb": {
"r": 201,
"g": 233,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 73.813,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88395,
"c": 0.16765,
"h": 120.9
},
"luminance": 0.71503
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C9E95E
secondary
#5437B4
accent
#0DD83C
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F