#C9EB4C#C9EB4C

#C9EB4C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.183 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB4C
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 76)
HSL	hsl(73, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 68%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -31.97, 69.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 76.94, 114.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0936 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.183 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1011, 72.3561, 17.8994)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB4C #6E4CEB

analogous

#EBBD4C #C9EB4C #79EB4C

triadic

#C9EB4C #4CC9EB #EB4CC9

tetradic

#C9EB4C #4CEBBD #6E4CEB #EB4C79

square

#C9EB4C #4CEBBD #6E4CEB #EB4C79

split-complementary

#C9EB4C #4C79EB #BD4CEB

monochromatic

#89AA13 #B6E119 #C9EB4C #DAF183 #EAF7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#C9EB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB4C

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB4C	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.183 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf187',
    500: '#c9eb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb4c;
$custom-light: #ddf187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.83,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88682,
    "c": 0.1832,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB4C

secondary

#4B30AB

accent

#09DC36

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB4C

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

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