#C5E155#C5E155

#C5E155 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.167 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E155
RGB	rgb(197, 225, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -28.29, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 69.35, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0824 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.167 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5916, 66.3769, 18.6867)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E155 #7155E1

analogous

#E1B755 #C5E155 #7FE155

triadic

#C5E155 #55C5E1 #E155C5

tetradic

#C5E155 #55E1B7 #7155E1 #E1557F

square

#C5E155 #55E1B7 #7155E1 #E1557F

split-complementary

#C5E155 #557FE1 #B755E1

monochromatic

#859F1C #B1D325 #C5E155 #D7EA89 #E8F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C5E155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#C5E155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E155

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E155	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 225, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.167 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ea8b',
    500: '#c5e155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e155;
$custom-light: #d9ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86259,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E155

secondary

#4D38A3

accent

#14D23A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E155

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

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