#C9EB53#C9EB53

#C9EB53 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.178 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB53
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 64.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -31.53, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 74.40, 115.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0918 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.178 121)
XYZ	xyz(55.3578, 72.4588, 19.2515)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB53 #7553EB

analogous

#EBC153 #C9EB53 #7DEB53

triadic

#C9EB53 #53C9EB #EB53C9

tetradic

#C9EB53 #53EBC1 #7553EB #EB537D

square

#C9EB53 #53EBC1 #7553EB #EB537D

split-complementary

#C9EB53 #537DEB #C153EB

monochromatic

#8DAF14 #B8E51C #C9EB53 #DAF18A #EBF8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C9EB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#C9EB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB53

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB53	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)

#F9DE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.178 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf18a',
    500: '#c9eb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb53;
$custom-light: #ddf18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.421,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88737,
    "c": 0.17841,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.72459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB53

secondary

#4E32B0

accent

#0ADB39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB53

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

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