#C9E85D#C9E85D

#C9E85D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.167 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9E85D
RGB	rgb(201, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -29.44, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 69.11, 115.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.085 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.167 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9205, 70.9212, 21.1497)
Luminance	0.7092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9E85D #7C5DE8

analogous

#E8C15D #C9E85D #83E85D

triadic

#C9E85D #5DC9E8 #E85DC9

tetradic

#C9E85D #5DE8C1 #7C5DE8 #E85D83

square

#C9E85D #5DE8C1 #7C5DE8 #E85D83

split-complementary

#C9E85D #5D83E8 #C15DE8

monochromatic

#8FB119 #B7E027 #C9E85D #DBF093 #EDF7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C9E85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#C9E85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9E85D

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9E85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9E85D	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)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9e85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.167 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef90',
    500: '#c9e85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9e85d;
$custom-light: #dcef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9e85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.381,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88165,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9E85D

secondary

#5337B2

accent

#0ED73B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9E85D

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

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