#C9E052#C9E052

#C9E052 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.166 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E052
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 82)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -26.43, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 69.80, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0777 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.166 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2670, 66.3385, 18.0322)
Luminance	0.6634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E052 #6952E0

analogous

#E0B052 #C9E052 #82E052

triadic

#C9E052 #52C9E0 #E052C9

tetradic

#C9E052 #52E0B0 #6952E0 #E05282

square

#C9E052 #52E0B0 #6952E0 #E05282

split-complementary

#C9E052 #5282E0 #B052E0

monochromatic

#879C1C #B4D025 #C9E052 #D9E986 #E9F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#C9E052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E052

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E052	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.166 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce989',
    500: '#c9e052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e052;
$custom-light: #dce989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.718,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86306,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E052

secondary

#48379F

accent

#3BEC58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E052

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

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