#C9EA5A#C9EA5A

#C9EA5A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.172 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EA5A
RGB	rgb(201, 234, 90)
HSL	hsl(74, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -30.59, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 71.25, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0885 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.172 121)
XYZ	xyz(55.3564, 72.0014, 20.6523)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EA5A #7B5AEA

analogous

#EAC35A #C9EA5A #81EA5A

triadic

#C9EA5A #5AC9EA #EA5AC9

tetradic

#C9EA5A #5AEAC3 #7B5AEA #EA5A81

square

#C9EA5A #5AEAC3 #7B5AEA #EA5A81

split-complementary

#C9EA5A #5A81EA #C35AEA

monochromatic

#8FB317 #B7E324 #C9EA5A #DBF190 #EDF8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#C9EA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EA5A

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EA5A	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ea5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 234, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.172 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf08e',
    500: '#c9ea5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ea5a;
$custom-light: #dcf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ea5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88578,
    "c": 0.17202,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.72001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EA5A

secondary

#5235B3

accent

#0CDA3B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EA5A

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

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