#C9E352#C9E352

#C9E352 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.170 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E352
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 82)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -27.86, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 71.14, 113.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0817 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.17 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.0804, 67.9652, 18.3033)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E352 #6C52E3

analogous

#E3B552 #C9E352 #80E352

triadic

#C9E352 #52C9E3 #E352C9

tetradic

#C9E352 #52E3B5 #6C52E3 #E35280

square

#C9E352 #52E3B5 #6C52E3 #E35280

split-complementary

#C9E352 #5280E3 #B552E3

monochromatic

#88A11A #B5D523 #C9E352 #D9EC87 #EAF4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#C9E352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E352

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E352	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.170 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb89',
    500: '#c9e352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e352;
$custom-light: #dceb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.759,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86965,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E352

secondary

#4936A3

accent

#11D434

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E352

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

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