#C9E355#C9E355

#C9E355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.168 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E355
RGB	rgb(201, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -27.66, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 69.98, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0808 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.168 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1971, 68.0119, 18.9177)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E355 #6F55E3

analogous

#E3B655 #C9E355 #82E355

triadic

#C9E355 #55C9E3 #E355C9

tetradic

#C9E355 #55E3B6 #6F55E3 #E35582

square

#C9E355 #55E3B6 #6F55E3 #E35582

split-complementary

#C9E355 #5582E3 #B655E3

monochromatic

#8AA31B #B6D723 #C9E355 #DAEC8A #EAF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C9E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#C9E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E355

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E355	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.168 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb8b',
    500: '#c9e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e355;
$custom-light: #dceb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.986,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86991,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E355

secondary

#4B37A5

accent

#12D435

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E355

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →