#C9F259#C9F259

#C9F259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.182 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F259
RGB	rgb(201, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(76, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -34.35, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 75.38, 117.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0991 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.182 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.6432, 76.6428, 21.2060)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F259 #8259F2

analogous

#F2CE59 #C9F259 #7DF259

triadic

#C9F259 #59C9F2 #F259C9

tetradic

#C9F259 #59F2CE #8259F2 #F2597D

square

#C9F259 #59F2CE #8259F2 #F2597D

split-complementary

#C9F259 #597DF2 #CE59F2

monochromatic

#92C10F #B7EE20 #C9F259 #DBF692 #EEFBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#C9F259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#C9F259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F259

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F259	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.182 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf68e',
    500: '#c9f259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f259;
$custom-light: #ddf68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.078,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90338,
    "c": 0.18242,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F259

secondary

#5630BF

accent

#04E23F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F259

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

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