#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
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -27.56, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 65.21, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0792 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.159 120)
XYZ	xyz(54.3595, 69.3572, 22.3255)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##C9E563	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9E563

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

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