#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
RGBrgb(201, 234, 80)
HSLhsl(73, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(73, 66%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(14.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.89, -31.26, 68.23)
CIE-LCHlch(87.89, 75.05, 114.61°)
OKLaboklab(88.49% -0.0913 0.1543)
OKLCHoklch(88.49% 0.179 120.6)
XYZxyz(54.9590, 71.8425, 18.5595)
Luminance0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##C9EA501.001.3715.3715.37
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3721.001.001.00
##00000015.3721.001.001.00

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

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#C9EA50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva