#C9E555#C9E555

#C9E555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.170 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E555
RGBrgb(201, 229, 85)
HSLhsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(72, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(12.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.56, -28.60, 64.87)
CIE-LCHlch(86.56, 70.89, 113.79°)
OKLaboklab(87.43% -0.0835 0.1479)
OKLCHoklch(87.43% 0.17 119.4)
XYZxyz(53.7473, 69.1123, 19.1011)
Luminance0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E555 #7155E5
analogous
#E5B955 #C9E555 #81E555
triadic
#C9E555 #55C9E5 #E555C9
tetradic
#C9E555 #55E5B9 #7155E5 #E55581
square
#C9E555 #55E5B9 #7155E5 #E55581
split-complementary
#C9E555 #5581E5 #B955E5
monochromatic
#8BA619 #B7DB22 #C9E555 #DAED8A #EBF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#C9E555 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82
#C9E555 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E555
14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E555#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E5551.001.4214.8214.82
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8221.001.001.00
##00000014.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D943
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0D95F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4D9C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.170 119.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8b',
    500: '#c9e555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e555;
$custom-light: #dced8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87431,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E555
secondary
#4C36A8
accent
#10D636
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E555

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#C9E555 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva