#C9EB56#C9EB56

#C9EB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.176 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB56
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -31.33, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 73.26, 115.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.091 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.176 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4762, 72.5061, 19.8748)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB56 #7856EB

analogous

#EBC256 #C9EB56 #7FEB56

triadic

#C9EB56 #56C9EB #EB56C9

tetradic

#C9EB56 #56EBC2 #7856EB #EB567F

square

#C9EB56 #56EBC2 #7856EB #EB567F

split-complementary

#C9EB56 #567FEB #C256EB

monochromatic

#8EB215 #B8E51F #C9EB56 #DAF18D #ECF8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#C9EB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#C9EB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB56

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB56	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.176 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf18c',
    500: '#c9eb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb56;
$custom-light: #dcf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.691,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88763,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB56

secondary

#5033B2

accent

#0ADB3A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB56

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

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