#C9E152#C9E152

#C9E152 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.167 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E152
RGB	rgb(201, 225, 82)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -26.91, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 70.25, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.079 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.167 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5366, 66.8776, 18.1220)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E152 #6A52E1

analogous

#E1B152 #C9E152 #81E152

triadic

#C9E152 #52C9E1 #E152C9

tetradic

#C9E152 #52E1B1 #6A52E1 #E15281

square

#C9E152 #52E1B1 #6A52E1 #E15281

split-complementary

#C9E152 #5281E1 #B152E1

monochromatic

#879D1B #B4D124 #C9E152 #D9EA86 #EAF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C9E152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#C9E152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E152

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E152	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 225, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.167 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea89',
    500: '#c9e152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e152;
$custom-light: #dcea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.07,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86525,
    "c": 0.16741,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E152

secondary

#4837A1

accent

#13D233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E152

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

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