#C5E042#C5E042

#C5E042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.178 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E042
RGB	rgb(197, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -28.98, 70.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 75.89, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.086 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.178 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6660, 65.5753, 15.1414)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E042 #5D42E0

analogous

#E0AC42 #C5E042 #76E042

triadic

#C5E042 #42C5E0 #E042C5

tetradic

#C5E042 #42E0AC #5D42E0 #E04276

square

#C5E042 #42E0AC #5D42E0 #E04276

split-complementary

#C5E042 #4276E0 #AC42E0

monochromatic

#7B9018 #A8C520 #C5E042 #D5E977 #E5F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#C5E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#C5E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E042

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E042	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.178 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae980',
    500: '#c5e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e042;
$custom-light: #dae980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.253,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85887,
    "c": 0.17846,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E042

secondary

#423195

accent

#39EF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E042

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

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