#C5DD56#C5DD56

#C5DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.161 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DD56
RGB	rgb(197, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -26.32, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 67.11, 113.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0768 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.161 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5630, 64.2555, 18.5412)
Luminance	0.6425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DD56 #6E56DD

analogous

#DDB256 #C5DD56 #81DD56

triadic

#C5DD56 #56C5DD #DD56C5

tetradic

#C5DD56 #56DDB2 #6E56DD #DD5681

square

#C5DD56 #56DDB2 #6E56DD #DD5681

split-complementary

#C5DD56 #5681DD #B256DD

monochromatic

#849A1F #B0CD29 #C5DD56 #D6E789 #E8F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C5DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#C5DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DD56

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DD56	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.161 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e78b',
    500: '#c5dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dd56;
$custom-light: #d9e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85386,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DD56

secondary

#4B3A9E

accent

#17CE38

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DD56

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

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