#C9EB4E#C9EB4E

#C9EB4E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.182 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB4E
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 78)
HSL	hsl(73, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 66.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -31.85, 69.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 76.23, 114.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0931 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.182 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1717, 72.3843, 18.2713)
Luminance	0.7238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB4E #704EEB

analogous

#EBBF4E #C9EB4E #7BEB4E

triadic

#C9EB4E #4EC9EB #EB4EC9

tetradic

#C9EB4E #4EEBBF #704EEB #EB4E7B

square

#C9EB4E #4EEBBF #704EEB #EB4E7B

split-complementary

#C9EB4E #4E7BEB #BF4EEB

monochromatic

#8AAB13 #B7E21A #C9EB4E #DAF185 #EBF7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#C9EB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB4E

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB4E	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.182 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf188',
    500: '#c9eb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb4e;
$custom-light: #ddf188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.994,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88697,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB4E

secondary

#4C31AC

accent

#09DC37

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB4E

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

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