#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
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -28.73, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 71.66, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.084 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.171 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6689, 69.0810, 18.6886)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##C9E553	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E553

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

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