#C9EC52#C9EC52

#C9EC52 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.180 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EC52
RGB	rgb(201, 236, 82)
HSL	hsl(74, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 65.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -32.06, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 75.22, 115.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0934 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.18 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6066, 73.0176, 19.1454)
Luminance	0.7302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EC52 #7552EC

analogous

#ECC252 #C9EC52 #7CEC52

triadic

#C9EC52 #52C9EC #EC52C9

tetradic

#C9EC52 #52ECC2 #7552EC #EC527C

square

#C9EC52 #52ECC2 #7552EC #EC527C

split-complementary

#C9EC52 #527CEC #C252EC

monochromatic

#8DB013 #B8E61B #C9EC52 #DAF289 #EBF8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#C9EC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#C9EC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EC52

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EC52	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ec52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 236, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.180 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf28a',
    500: '#c9ec52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ec52;
$custom-light: #ddf28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ec52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 80.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8895,
    "c": 0.1803,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EC52

secondary

#4E32B1

accent

#09DD39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EC52

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

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