#C9E55E#C9E55E

#C9E55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.163 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E55E
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -27.95, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 67.29, 114.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0808 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.163 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1278, 69.2645, 21.1054)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E55E #7A5EE5

analogous

#E5BD5E #C9E55E #85E55E

triadic

#C9E55E #5EC9E5 #E55EC9

tetradic

#C9E55E #5EE5BD #7A5EE5 #E55E85

square

#C9E55E #5EE5BD #7A5EE5 #E55E85

split-complementary

#C9E55E #5E85E5 #BD5EE5

monochromatic

#8FAD1C #B7DC29 #C9E55E #DBEE93 #ECF6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#C9E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E55E

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E55E	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.163 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced91',
    500: '#c9e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e55e;
$custom-light: #dced91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.444,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87515,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E55E

secondary

#5139AE

accent

#11D43A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E55E

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

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