#C9F461#C9F461

#C9F461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.179 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F461
RGB	rgb(201, 244, 97)
HSL	hsl(78, 87%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 60.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -34.68, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 73.24, 118.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0993 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.179 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5961, 77.9816, 23.2719)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F461 #8C61F4

analogous

#F4D661 #C9F461 #80F461

triadic

#C9F461 #61C9F4 #F461C9

tetradic

#C9F461 #61F4D6 #8C61F4 #F46180

square

#C9F461 #61F4D6 #8C61F4 #F46180

split-complementary

#C9F461 #6180F4 #D661F4

monochromatic

#95CC0E #B5F028 #C9F461 #DDF89A #F0FCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#C9F461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#C9F461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F461

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F461	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 244, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.179 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf793',
    500: '#c9f461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f461;
$custom-light: #dcf793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.551,
    "s": 86.982,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90855,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F461

secondary

#5D31C8

accent

#02E444

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F461

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

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