#C9EC79#C9EC79

#C9EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.147 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EC79
RGB	rgb(201, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(78, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -28.86, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 59.13, 119.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.081 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.147 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5341, 73.7887, 29.2970)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EC79 #9C79EC

analogous

#ECD679 #C9EC79 #8FEC79

triadic

#C9EC79 #79C9EC #EC79C9

tetradic

#C9EC79 #79ECD6 #9C79EC #EC798F

square

#C9EC79 #79ECD6 #9C79EC #EC798F

split-complementary

#C9EC79 #798FEC #D679EC

monochromatic

#98CD1D #B3E443 #C9EC79 #DFF4AF #F4FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#C9EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#C9EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EC79

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EC79	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.147 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf2a2',
    500: '#c9ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ec79;
$custom-light: #dbf2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89363,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EC79

secondary

#6B44C5

accent

#0ED74B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EC79

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

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