#C9EB52#C9EB52

#C9EB52 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.179 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB52
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 82)
HSL	hsl(73, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -31.60, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 74.77, 115.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.73% -0.0921 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(88.73% 0.179 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3195, 72.4434, 19.0497)
Luminance	0.7244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB52 #7452EB

analogous

#EBC052 #C9EB52 #7DEB52

triadic

#C9EB52 #52C9EB #EB52C9

tetradic

#C9EB52 #52EBC0 #7452EB #EB527D

square

#C9EB52 #52EBC0 #7452EB #EB527D

split-complementary

#C9EB52 #527DEB #C052EB

monochromatic

#8CAE14 #B8E51B #C9EB52 #DAF189 #EBF8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#C9EB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB52

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB52	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.179 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf18a',
    500: '#c9eb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb52;
$custom-light: #ddf18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 79.275,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88729,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB52

secondary

#4E32AF

accent

#0ADC39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB52

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

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