#C9F265#C9F265

#C9F265 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.173 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F265
RGB	rgb(201, 242, 101)
HSL	hsl(77, 84%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(77, 58%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 58.3%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -33.45, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 70.67, 118.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0955 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.173 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1888, 76.8610, 24.0795)
Luminance	0.7686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F265 #8E65F2

analogous

#F2D565 #C9F265 #82F265

triadic

#C9F265 #65C9F2 #F265C9

tetradic

#C9F265 #65F2D5 #8E65F2 #F26582

square

#C9F265 #65F2D5 #8E65F2 #F26582

split-complementary

#C9F265 #6582F2 #D565F2

monochromatic

#95CB11 #B5ED2D #C9F265 #DDF79D #F1FCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#C9F265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#C9F265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F265

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F265	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 242, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.173 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf696',
    500: '#c9f265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f265;
$custom-light: #dcf696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 84.431,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90451,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F265

secondary

#5F33C8

accent

#05E145

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15170E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F265

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →