#C5E161#C5E161

#C5E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.157 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E161
RGB	rgb(197, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -27.38, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 64.44, 115.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0787 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.157 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1094, 66.5840, 21.4137)
Luminance	0.6658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E161 #7D61E1

analogous

#E1BD61 #C5E161 #85E161

triadic

#C5E161 #61C5E1 #E161C5

tetradic

#C5E161 #61E1BD #7D61E1 #E16185

square

#C5E161 #61E1BD #7D61E1 #E16185

split-complementary

#C5E161 #6185E1 #BD61E1

monochromatic

#8AA820 #B2D72E #C5E161 #D8EB94 #EBF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#C5E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#C5E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E161

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E161	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.157 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ea92',
    500: '#c5e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e161;
$custom-light: #d9ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86377,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E161

secondary

#543CAA

accent

#15D03E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E161

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

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