#C9EA53#C9EA53

#C9EA53 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.177 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA53
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -31.07, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 73.94, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0905 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.177 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0723, 71.8878, 19.1564)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA53 #7453EA

analogous

#EAC053 #C9EA53 #7DEA53

triadic

#C9EA53 #53C9EA #EA53C9

tetradic

#C9EA53 #53EAC0 #7453EA #EA537D

square

#C9EA53 #53EAC0 #7453EA #EA537D

split-complementary

#C9EA53 #537DEA #C053EA

monochromatic

#8CAD15 #B8E31C #C9EA53 #DAF18A #EBF7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9EA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#C9EA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA53

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA53	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.177 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf08a',
    500: '#c9ea53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea53;
$custom-light: #ddf08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.113,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88516,
    "c": 0.17723,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA53

secondary

#4E33AE

accent

#0BDB38

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA53

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

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