#C9E552#C9E552

#C9E552 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.172 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E552
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -28.80, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 72.05, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0843 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.172 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6306, 69.0656, 18.4867)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E552 #6E52E5

analogous

#E5B852 #C9E552 #7FE552

triadic

#C9E552 #52C9E5 #E552C9

tetradic

#C9E552 #52E5B8 #6E52E5 #E5527F

square

#C9E552 #52E5B8 #6E52E5 #E5527F

split-complementary

#C9E552 #527FE5 #B852E5

monochromatic

#89A419 #B6D921 #C9E552 #DAED87 #EAF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C9E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#C9E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E552

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E552	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.172 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced89',
    500: '#c9e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e552;
$custom-light: #dced89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87405,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E552

secondary

#4B35A6

accent

#10D635

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E552

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

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