#C9EA4E#C9EA4E

#C9EA4E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.181 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA4E
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 78)
HSL	hsl(73, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -31.38, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 75.78, 114.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0919 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.181 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.8862, 71.8133, 18.1761)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA4E #6F4EEA

analogous

#EABD4E #C9EA4E #7BEA4E

triadic

#C9EA4E #4EC9EA #EA4EC9

tetradic

#C9EA4E #4EEABD #6F4EEA #EA4E7B

square

#C9EA4E #4EEABD #6F4EEA #EA4E7B

split-complementary

#C9EA4E #4E7BEA #BD4EEA

monochromatic

#8AA914 #B6E01B #C9EA4E #DAF085 #EAF7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9EA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#C9EA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA4E

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA4E	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.181 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf088',
    500: '#c9ea4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea4e;
$custom-light: #ddf088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.692,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88476,
    "c": 0.18071,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA4E

secondary

#4B31AB

accent

#0ADB37

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA4E

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

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