#C9EF8A#C9EF8A

#C9EF8A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.134 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EF8A
RGB	rgb(201, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(83, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(83, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -28.44, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 53.03, 122.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0786 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.134 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5410, 75.9850, 35.5696)
Luminance	0.7599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EF8A #B08AEF

analogous

#EFE38A #C9EF8A #97EF8A

triadic

#C9EF8A #8AC9EF #EF8AC9

tetradic

#C9EF8A #8AEFE3 #B08AEF #EF8A97

square

#C9EF8A #8AEFE3 #B08AEF #EF8A97

split-complementary

#C9EF8A #8A97EF #E38AEF

monochromatic

#97E01F #B0E854 #C9EF8A #E2F6C0 #F3FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#C9EF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#C9EF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EF8A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EF8A	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFE6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.134 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf4ad',
    500: '#c9ef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ef8a;
$custom-light: #dbf4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.574,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9026,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EF8A

secondary

#8053CA

accent

#0DD85A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EF8A

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

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