#C9EA55#C9EA55

#C9EA55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.176 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA55
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -30.94, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 73.18, 115.01°)
OKLab	oklab(88.53% -0.09 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(88.53% 0.176 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1507, 71.9191, 19.5689)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA55 #7655EA

analogous

#EAC155 #C9EA55 #7EEA55

triadic

#C9EA55 #55C9EA #EA55C9

tetradic

#C9EA55 #55EAC1 #7655EA #EA557E

square

#C9EA55 #55EAC1 #7655EA #EA557E

split-complementary

#C9EA55 #557EEA #C155EA

monochromatic

#8DAF16 #B8E31F #C9EA55 #DAF18B #ECF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C9EA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#C9EA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA55

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA55	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)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.176 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf08c',
    500: '#c9ea55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea55;
$custom-light: #dcf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.289,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88533,
    "c": 0.17579,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA55

secondary

#4F34B0

accent

#0BDA39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA55

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

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