#C5E149#C5E149

#C5E149 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.175 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E149
RGB	rgb(197, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -29.06, 67.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 73.88, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0856 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.175 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1547, 66.2021, 16.3854)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E149 #6549E1

analogous

#E1B149 #C5E149 #79E149

triadic

#C5E149 #49C5E1 #E149C5

tetradic

#C5E149 #49E1B1 #6549E1 #E14979

square

#C5E149 #49E1B1 #6549E1 #E14979

split-complementary

#C5E149 #4979E1 #B149E1

monochromatic

#809719 #ACCB22 #C5E149 #D6EA7E #E6F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C5E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#C5E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E149

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E149	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.175 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daea84',
    500: '#c5e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e149;
$custom-light: #daea84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86159,
    "c": 0.17514,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E149

secondary

#46339B

accent

#39EE5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E149

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

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