#C5DF59#C5DF59

#C5DF59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.161 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DF59
RGB	rgb(197, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -27.06, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 66.82, 113.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0786 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.161 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2176, 65.3672, 19.3682)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DF59 #7359DF

analogous

#DFB659 #C5DF59 #82DF59

triadic

#C5DF59 #59C5DF #DF59C5

tetradic

#C5DF59 #59DFB6 #7359DF #DF5982

square

#C5DF59 #59DFB6 #7359DF #DF5982

split-complementary

#C5DF59 #5982DF #B659DF

monochromatic

#869F1F #B1D229 #C5DF59 #D7E98C #E9F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C5DF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#C5DF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DF59

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DF59	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5df59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.161 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e98d',
    500: '#c5df59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5df59;
$custom-light: #d9e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5df59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.642,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85855,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DF59

secondary

#4E3AA2

accent

#16D03A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DF59

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

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