#C9E970#C9E970

#C9E970 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.152 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E970
RGB	rgb(201, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(76, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(76, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -28.32, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 61.58, 117.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0802 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.152 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1513, 71.8651, 26.2393)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.47

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E970 #9070E9

analogous

#E9CD70 #C9E970 #8CE970

triadic

#C9E970 #70C9E9 #E970C9

tetradic

#C9E970 #70E9CD #9070E9 #E9708C

square

#C9E970 #70E9CD #9070E9 #E9708C

split-complementary

#C9E970 #708CE9 #CD70E9

monochromatic

#96C11E #B5E13B #C9E970 #DDF1A5 #F1F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9E970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#C9E970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E970

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E970	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.152 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf09c',
    500: '#c9e970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e970;
$custom-light: #dbf09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.868,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88592,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E970

secondary

#603EC0

accent

#10D544

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E970

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

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