#C9EB48#C9EB48

#C9EB48 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.186 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB48
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 72)
HSL	hsl(73, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 69.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -32.20, 71.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 78.34, 114.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.65% -0.0946 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(88.65% 0.186 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9663, 72.3022, 17.1896)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB48 #6A48EB

analogous

#EBBB48 #C9EB48 #78EB48

triadic

#C9EB48 #48C9EB #EB48C9

tetradic

#C9EB48 #48EBBB #6A48EB #EB4878

square

#C9EB48 #48EBBB #6A48EB #EB4878

split-complementary

#C9EB48 #4878EB #BB48EB

monochromatic

#87A612 #B4DE18 #C9EB48 #D9F17F #EAF7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#C9EB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB48

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB48	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.186 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf184',
    500: '#c9eb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb48;
$custom-light: #ddf184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.515,
    "s": 80.296,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88653,
    "c": 0.18576,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB48

secondary

#482FA8

accent

#09DD35

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF3

border

#D5D6CD

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB48

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

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