#C5DE55#C5DE55

#C5DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.163 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DE55
RGB	rgb(197, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -26.87, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 67.97, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0784 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.163 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7878, 64.7691, 18.4187)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DE55 #6E55DE

analogous

#DEB355 #C5DE55 #80DE55

triadic

#C5DE55 #55C5DE #DE55C5

tetradic

#C5DE55 #55DEB3 #6E55DE #DE5580

square

#C5DE55 #55DEB3 #6E55DE #DE5580

split-complementary

#C5DE55 #5580DE #B355DE

monochromatic

#849B1E #B0CE28 #C5DE55 #D6E888 #E8F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#C5DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#C5DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DE55

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DE55	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.163 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e88b',
    500: '#c5de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5de55;
$custom-light: #d9e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.949,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85597,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DE55

secondary

#4B399E

accent

#16CF38

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DE55

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

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