#C5E050#C5E050
#C5E050 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.169 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5E050 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 224, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 70%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 64%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 64.3%, 12.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.87, -28.16, 65.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.87, 70.84, 113.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.99% -0.0825 0.1476) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.99% 0.169 119.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.1304, 65.7611, 17.5874) |
| Luminance | 0.6576 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.17
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.23
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.36
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 5.47
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 5.52
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 6.92
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5E050 #6B50E0
analogous
#E0B350 #C5E050 #7DE050
triadic
#C5E050 #50C5E0 #E050C5
tetradic
#C5E050 #50E0B3 #6B50E0 #E0507D
square
#C5E050 #50E0B3 #6B50E0 #E0507D
split-complementary
#C5E050 #507DE0 #B350E0
monochromatic
#829A1B #AECE25 #C5E050 #D6E984 #E7F2B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#C5E050 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.15
#C5E050 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5E050
14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5E050 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5E050 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.15 | 14.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED43D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD45A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0D5C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5e050; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 224, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.169 119.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dae988',
500: '#c5e050',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5e050; $custom-light: #dae988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5e050",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 224,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.25,
"s": 69.903,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85994,
"c": 0.1691,
"h": 119.2
},
"luminance": 0.65761
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5E050
secondary
#4A369E
accent
#3BED5C
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFCF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F