#C9E565#C9E565

#C9E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.157 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E565
RGB	rgb(201, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -27.39, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 64.36, 115.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0786 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.157 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4563, 69.3959, 22.8353)
Luminance	0.6940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E565 #8165E5

analogous

#E5C165 #C9E565 #89E565

triadic

#C9E565 #65C9E5 #E565C9

tetradic

#C9E565 #65E5C1 #8165E5 #E56589

square

#C9E565 #65E5C1 #8165E5 #E56589

split-complementary

#C9E565 #6589E5 #C165E5

monochromatic

#91B21E #B7DC31 #C9E565 #DBEE99 #EEF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#C9E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E565

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E565	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.157 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced95',
    500: '#c9e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e565;
$custom-light: #dced95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87588,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E565

secondary

#563CB2

accent

#12D33D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E565

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

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