#C9F562#C9F562

#C9F562 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.179 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F562
RGB	rgb(201, 245, 98)
HSL	hsl(78, 88%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 60%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -35.05, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 73.33, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.1002 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.179 124)
XYZ	xyz(58.9448, 78.6038, 23.6196)
Luminance	0.7860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F562 #8E62F5

analogous

#F5D762 #C9F562 #80F562

triadic

#C9F562 #62C9F5 #F562C9

tetradic

#C9F562 #62F5D7 #8E62F5 #F56280

square

#C9F562 #62F5D7 #8E62F5 #F56280

split-complementary

#C9F562 #6280F5 #D762F5

monochromatic

#95CF0D #B5F128 #C9F562 #DDF99C #F1FCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#C9F562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#C9F562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F562

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F562	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2EAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 245, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.179 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf894',
    500: '#c9f562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f562;
$custom-light: #dcf894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.959,
    "s": 88.024,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91086,
    "c": 0.17922,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.78604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F562

secondary

#5F30CB

accent

#01E545

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF5

border

#D5D7CF

text

#15170E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F562

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

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