#C9E652#C9E652

#C9E652 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.173 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E652
RGB	rgb(201, 230, 82)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -29.27, 66.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 72.50, 113.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0856 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.173 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9081, 69.6206, 18.5792)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E652 #6F52E6

analogous

#E6B952 #C9E652 #7FE652

triadic

#C9E652 #52C9E6 #E652C9

tetradic

#C9E652 #52E6B9 #6F52E6 #E6527F

square

#C9E652 #52E6B9 #6F52E6 #E6527F

split-complementary

#C9E652 #527FE6 #B952E6

monochromatic

#8AA618 #B6DB20 #C9E652 #DAEE87 #EAF5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C9E652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#C9E652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E652

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E652	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 230, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.173 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced8a',
    500: '#c9e652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e652;
$custom-light: #dced8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.757,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87625,
    "c": 0.17325,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E652

secondary

#4B34A8

accent

#0FD736

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E652

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

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