#C9E852#C9E852

#C9E852 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.176 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E852
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 82)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -30.20, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 73.41, 114.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0882 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.176 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4678, 70.7401, 18.7658)
Luminance	0.7074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E852 #7152E8

analogous

#E8BC52 #C9E852 #7EE852

triadic

#C9E852 #52C9E8 #E852C9

tetradic

#C9E852 #52E8BC #7152E8 #E8527E

square

#C9E852 #52E8BC #7152E8 #E8527E

split-complementary

#C9E852 #527EE8 #BC52E8

monochromatic

#8BA916 #B7DF1E #C9E852 #DAEF88 #EBF6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C9E852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#C9E852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E852

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E852	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.176 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef8a',
    500: '#c9e852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e852;
$custom-light: #ddef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88066,
    "c": 0.17559,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E852

secondary

#4C34AB

accent

#0DD937

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E852

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

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