#C9E055#C9E055

#C9E055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.164 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E055
RGB	rgb(201, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -26.23, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 68.62, 112.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0769 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.164 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.3837, 66.3852, 18.6466)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E055 #6C55E0

analogous

#E0B155 #C9E055 #83E055

triadic

#C9E055 #55C9E0 #E055C9

tetradic

#C9E055 #55E0B1 #6C55E0 #E05583

square

#C9E055 #55E0B1 #6C55E0 #E05583

split-complementary

#C9E055 #5583E0 #B155E0

monochromatic

#889E1D #B5D226 #C9E055 #D9E989 #EAF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C9E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#C9E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E055

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E055	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.164 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce98b',
    500: '#c9e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e055;
$custom-light: #dce98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.928,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86332,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.66385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E055

secondary

#4938A1

accent

#14D134

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E055

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

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