#C9E563#C9E563

#C9E563 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9E563
RGBrgb(201, 229, 99)
HSLhsl(73, 71%, 64%)
HSVhsv(73, 57%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(12.2%, 0%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.68, -27.56, 59.10)
CIE-LCHlch(86.68, 65.21, 115.00°)
OKLaboklab(87.57% -0.0792 0.1374)
OKLCHoklch(87.57% 0.159 120)
XYZxyz(54.3595, 69.3572, 22.3255)
Luminance0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9E563 #7F63E5
analogous
#E5C063 #C9E563 #88E563
triadic
#C9E563 #63C9E5 #E563C9
tetradic
#C9E563 #63E5C0 #7F63E5 #E56388
square
#C9E563 #63E5C0 #7F63E5 #E56388
split-complementary
#C9E563 #6388E5 #C063E5
monochromatic
#91B01D #B7DC2F #C9E563 #DBEE97 #EDF6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41
#C9E563 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87
#C9E563 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E563
14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9E563#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9E5631.001.4114.8714.87
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8721.001.001.00
##00000014.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD96B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3DAC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9e563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 120.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced94',
    500: '#c9e563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9e563;
$custom-light: #dced94;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9e563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.923,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87567,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.69357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9E563
secondary
#543BB1
accent
#12D33C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

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#C9E563 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva