#C9E85A#C9E85A

#C9E85A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.170 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E85A
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -29.66, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 70.31, 114.95°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0859 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.17 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7902, 70.8691, 20.4636)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E85A #795AE8

analogous

#E8C05A #C9E85A #82E85A

triadic

#C9E85A #5AC9E8 #E85AC9

tetradic

#C9E85A #5AE8C0 #795AE8 #E85A82

square

#C9E85A #5AE8C0 #795AE8 #E85A82

split-complementary

#C9E85A #5A82E8 #C05AE8

monochromatic

#8EAF18 #B7E124 #C9E85A #DBEF90 #ECF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#C9E85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E85A

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E85A	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.170 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef8e',
    500: '#c9e85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e85a;
$custom-light: #dcef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.099,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88137,
    "c": 0.16961,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E85A

secondary

#5136B0

accent

#0ED83A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E85A

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

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