#C9EA50#C9EA50

#C9EA50 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.179 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA50
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 80)
HSL	hsl(73, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -31.26, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 75.05, 114.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0913 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.179 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9590, 71.8425, 18.5595)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA50 #7150EA

analogous

#EABE50 #C9EA50 #7CEA50

triadic

#C9EA50 #50C9EA #EA50C9

tetradic

#C9EA50 #50EABE #7150EA #EA507C

square

#C9EA50 #50EABE #7150EA #EA507C

split-complementary

#C9EA50 #507CEA #BE50EA

monochromatic

#8BAB15 #B7E21B #C9EA50 #DAF187 #EBF7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9EA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#C9EA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA50

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA50	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.179 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf089',
    500: '#c9ea50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea50;
$custom-light: #ddf089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88492,
    "c": 0.17934,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA50

secondary

#4C32AC

accent

#0BDB37

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA50

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

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