#C9E752#C9E752

#C9E752 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.174 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E752
RGB	rgb(201, 231, 82)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 64.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -29.74, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 72.95, 114.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0869 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.174 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.1872, 70.1788, 18.6722)
Luminance	0.7018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E752 #7052E7

analogous

#E7BB52 #C9E752 #7FE752

triadic

#C9E752 #52C9E7 #E752C9

tetradic

#C9E752 #52E7BB #7052E7 #E7527F

square

#C9E752 #52E7BB #7052E7 #E7527F

split-complementary

#C9E752 #527FE7 #BB52E7

monochromatic

#8AA717 #B7DD1F #C9E752 #DAEE88 #EBF6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C9E752 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#C9E752 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E752

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E752	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E752	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e752;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 231, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.174 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddee8a',
    500: '#c9e752',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e752;
$custom-light: #ddee8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e752",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.081,
    "s": 75.635,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87846,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E752

secondary

#4C34A9

accent

#0ED836

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E752

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

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