#C5E140#C5E140

#C5E140 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.181 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E140
RGB	rgb(197, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -29.55, 71.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 76.99, 112.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0878 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.181 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8776, 66.0913, 14.9261)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E140 #5C40E1

analogous

#E1AD40 #C5E140 #75E140

triadic

#C5E140 #40C5E1 #E140C5

tetradic

#C5E140 #40E1AD #5C40E1 #E14075

square

#C5E140 #40E1AD #5C40E1 #E14075

split-complementary

#C5E140 #4075E1 #AD40E1

monochromatic

#7B9017 #A8C51F #C5E140 #D5E975 #E5F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C5E140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#C5E140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E140

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E140	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.181 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daea7f',
    500: '#c5e140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e140;
$custom-light: #daea7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86095,
    "c": 0.18077,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E140

secondary

#423095

accent

#38F058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E140

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

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