#C9F656#C9F656

#C9F656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.189 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F656
RGB	rgb(201, 246, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 65%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.23, -36.36, 69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.23, 78.36, 117.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.1049 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.189 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7234, 79.0005, 20.9572)
Luminance	0.7900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F656 #8356F6

analogous

#F6D356 #C9F656 #79F656

triadic

#C9F656 #56C9F6 #F656C9

tetradic

#C9F656 #56F6D3 #8356F6 #F65679

square

#C9F656 #56F6D3 #8356F6 #F65679

split-complementary

#C9F656 #5679F6 #D356F6

monochromatic

#92C70B #B6F31C #C9F656 #DCF990 #EEFCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#C9F656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#C9F656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F656

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F656	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2EAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 246, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.189 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf98d',
    500: '#c9f656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f656;
$custom-light: #ddf98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.875,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.912,
    "c": 0.18938,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F656

secondary

#572DC4

accent

#00E641

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF4

border

#D5D7CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F656

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

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