#C5E055#C5E055

#C5E055 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.165 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E055
RGB	rgb(197, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -27.82, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 68.89, 113.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0811 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.165 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3221, 65.8378, 18.5968)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E055 #7055E0

analogous

#E0B655 #C5E055 #7FE055

triadic

#C5E055 #55C5E0 #E055C5

tetradic

#C5E055 #55E0B6 #7055E0 #E0557F

square

#C5E055 #55E0B6 #7055E0 #E0557F

split-complementary

#C5E055 #557FE0 #B655E0

monochromatic

#859E1D #B0D226 #C5E055 #D7E989 #E8F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C5E055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#C5E055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E055

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E055	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.165 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e98b',
    500: '#c5e055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e055;
$custom-light: #d9e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.655,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86038,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E055

secondary

#4C38A1

accent

#14D139

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E055

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

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