#C9EA56#C9EA56

#C9EA56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.175 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA56
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -30.87, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 72.80, 115.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0897 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.175 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1907, 71.9351, 19.7796)
Luminance	0.7194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA56 #7756EA

analogous

#EAC156 #C9EA56 #7FEA56

triadic

#C9EA56 #56C9EA #EA56C9

tetradic

#C9EA56 #56EAC1 #7756EA #EA567F

square

#C9EA56 #56EAC1 #7756EA #EA567F

split-complementary

#C9EA56 #567FEA #C156EA

monochromatic

#8DB016 #B8E320 #C9EA56 #DAF18C #ECF8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#C9EA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA56

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA56	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.175 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf08c',
    500: '#c9ea56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea56;
$custom-light: #dcf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.378,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88542,
    "c": 0.17504,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA56

secondary

#5034B0

accent

#0BDA39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA56

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

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