#C9EE57#C9EE57

#C9EE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.179 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9EE57
RGB	rgb(201, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.04, -32.65, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.04, 74.27, 116.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0946 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.179 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3829, 74.2546, 20.3772)
Luminance	0.7426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9EE57 #7C57EE

analogous

#EEC757 #C9EE57 #7DEE57

triadic

#C9EE57 #57C9EE #EE57C9

tetradic

#C9EE57 #57EEC7 #7C57EE #EE577D

square

#C9EE57 #57EEC7 #7C57EE #EE577D

split-complementary

#C9EE57 #577DEE #C757EE

monochromatic

#8FB813 #B7E81F #C9EE57 #DBF48F #EDF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#C9EE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#C9EE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9EE57

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9EE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9EE57	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3E2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.179 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf38d',
    500: '#c9ee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ee57;
$custom-light: #ddf38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.702,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89435,
    "c": 0.17908,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9EE57

secondary

#5332B7

accent

#08DE3C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9EE57

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

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