#C9F478#C9F478

#C9F478 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.159 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F478
RGB	rgb(201, 244, 120)
HSL	hsl(81, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -32.68, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 63.70, 120.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0917 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.159 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8282, 78.4744, 29.7608)
Luminance	0.7847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 3.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F478 #A378F4

analogous

#F4E178 #C9F478 #8BF478

triadic

#C9F478 #78C9F4 #F478C9

tetradic

#C9F478 #78F4E1 #A378F4 #F4788B

square

#C9F478 #78F4E1 #A378F4 #F4788B

split-complementary

#C9F478 #788BF4 #E178F4

monochromatic

#98DF12 #B2EF3F #C9F478 #E0F9B1 #F4FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#C9F478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#C9F478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F478

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F478	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0EAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 244, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.159 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf8a2',
    500: '#c9f478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f478;
$custom-light: #dbf8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.806,
    "s": 84.932,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91108,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F478

secondary

#7241CF

accent

#04E151

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F478

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

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