#C9EB5B#C9EB5B

#C9EB5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.172 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9EB5B
RGBrgb(201, 235, 91)
HSLhsl(74, 78%, 64%)
HSVhsv(74, 61%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(14.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(88.25, -30.98, 64.24)
CIE-LCHlch(88.25, 71.32, 115.75°)
OKLaboklab(88.81% -0.0895 0.1474)
OKLCHoklch(88.81% 0.172 121.3)
XYZxyz(55.6847, 72.5895, 20.9731)
Luminance0.7259 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9EB5B #7D5BEB
analogous
#EBC55B #C9EB5B #81EB5B
triadic
#C9EB5B #5BC9EB #EB5BC9
tetradic
#C9EB5B #5BEBC5 #7D5BEB #EB5B81
square
#C9EB5B #5BEBC5 #7D5BEB #EB5B81
split-complementary
#C9EB5B #5B81EB #C55BEB
monochromatic
#90B516 #B7E424 #C9EB5B #DBF292 #EDF8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#C9EB5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52
#C9EB5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB5B
15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9EB5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9EB5B1.001.3515.5215.52
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5221.001.001.00
##00000015.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DE4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F4DE65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3E0CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9eb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.172 121.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf18f',
    500: '#c9eb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9eb5b;
$custom-light: #dcf18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9eb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.167,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88808,
    "c": 0.17245,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9EB5B
secondary
#5335B5
accent
#0BDB3C
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F

Preview Lab

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#C9EB5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva