#C9EB5E#C9EB5E

#C9EB5E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.170 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EB5E
RGB	rgb(201, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(74, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -30.76, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 70.13, 116.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0887 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.17 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8167, 72.6423, 21.6683)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EB5E #805EEB

analogous

#EBC75E #C9EB5E #83EB5E

triadic

#C9EB5E #5EC9EB #EB5EC9

tetradic

#C9EB5E #5EEBC7 #805EEB #EB5E83

square

#C9EB5E #5EEBC7 #805EEB #EB5E83

split-complementary

#C9EB5E #5E83EB #C75EEB

monochromatic

#91B817 #B7E428 #C9EB5E #DBF294 #EEF9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#C9EB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#C9EB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EB5E

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EB5E	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9eb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.170 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf191',
    500: '#c9eb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9eb5e;
$custom-light: #dcf191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9eb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88836,
    "c": 0.17009,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EB5E

secondary

#5536B7

accent

#0BDA3D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EB5E

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

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