#C9E455#C9E455

#C9E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.169 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E455
RGB	rgb(201, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -28.13, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 70.44, 113.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0822 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.169 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4714, 68.5605, 19.0092)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E455 #7055E4

analogous

#E4B855 #C9E455 #82E455

triadic

#C9E455 #55C9E4 #E455C9

tetradic

#C9E455 #55E4B8 #7055E4 #E45582

square

#C9E455 #55E4B8 #7055E4 #E45582

split-complementary

#C9E455 #5582E4 #B855E4

monochromatic

#8AA41A #B7D923 #C9E455 #DAEC8A #EBF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C9E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#C9E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E455

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E455	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.169 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec8b',
    500: '#c9e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e455;
$custom-light: #dcec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.329,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87211,
    "c": 0.16868,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E455

secondary

#4C36A7

accent

#11D536

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E455

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

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