#C9F689#C9F689

#C9F689 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.145 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9F689
RGB	rgb(201, 246, 137)
HSL	hsl(85, 86%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(85, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 44.3%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.75, -31.82, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.75, 57.27, 123.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0881 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.145 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5580, 80.1344, 35.8864)
Luminance	0.8014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9F689 #B689F6

analogous

#F6ED89 #C9F689 #92F689

triadic

#C9F689 #89C9F6 #F689C9

tetradic

#C9F689 #89F6ED #B689F6 #F68992

square

#C9F689 #89F6ED #B689F6 #F68992

split-complementary

#C9F689 #8992F6 #ED89F6

monochromatic

#95ED17 #AFF250 #C9F689 #E3FAC2 #F2FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#C9F689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#C9F689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9F689

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9F689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9F689	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEEDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9f689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 246, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.145 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbf9ad',
    500: '#c9f689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9f689;
$custom-light: #dbf9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9f689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 246,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.771,
    "s": 85.827,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91777,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9F689

secondary

#8650D3

accent

#03E25F

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFFF7

border

#D5D7D0

text

#151710

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9F689

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

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