#C9E85C#C9E85C

#C9E85C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.168 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E85C
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -29.51, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 69.51, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0853 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.168 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8765, 70.9036, 20.9179)
Luminance	0.7090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E85C #7B5CE8

analogous

#E8C15C #C9E85C #83E85C

triadic

#C9E85C #5CC9E8 #E85CC9

tetradic

#C9E85C #5CE8C1 #7B5CE8 #E85C83

square

#C9E85C #5CE8C1 #7B5CE8 #E85C83

split-complementary

#C9E85C #5C83E8 #C15CE8

monochromatic

#8FB119 #B7E026 #C9E85C #DBF092 #EDF7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#C9E85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E85C

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E85C	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.168 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef90',
    500: '#c9e85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e85c;
$custom-light: #dcef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.286,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88156,
    "c": 0.16804,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E85C

secondary

#5237B1

accent

#0ED73B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E85C

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

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