#C9E553#C9E553

#C9E553 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.171 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E553
RGBrgb(201, 229, 83)
HSLhsl(72, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(72, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(12.2%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.54, -28.73, 65.65)
CIE-LCHlch(86.54, 71.66, 113.64°)
OKLaboklab(87.41% -0.084 0.1493)
OKLCHoklch(87.41% 0.171 119.4)
XYZxyz(53.6689, 69.0810, 18.6886)
Luminance0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E553 #6F53E5
analogous
#E5B853 #C9E553 #80E553
triadic
#C9E553 #53C9E5 #E553C9
tetradic
#C9E553 #53E5B8 #6F53E5 #E55380
square
#C9E553 #53E5B8 #6F53E5 #E55380
split-complementary
#C9E553 #5380E5 #B853E5
monochromatic
#8AA519 #B6DA21 #C9E553 #DAED88 #EAF5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#C9E553 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82
#C9E553 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E553
14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E553#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E5531.001.4214.8214.82
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8221.001.001.00
##00000014.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D940
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0D95D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D9C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.171 119.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8a',
    500: '#c9e553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e553;
$custom-light: #dced8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.507,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87413,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E553
secondary
#4B35A7
accent
#10D636
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva