#C5E172#C5E172

#C5E172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.141 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E172
RGB	rgb(197, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(75, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -25.86, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 57.00, 116.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0729 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.141 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9887, 66.9357, 26.0447)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E172 #8E72E1

analogous

#E1C672 #C5E172 #8EE172

triadic

#C5E172 #72C5E1 #E172C5

tetradic

#C5E172 #72E1C6 #8E72E1 #E1728E

square

#C5E172 #72E1C6 #8E72E1 #E1728E

split-complementary

#C5E172 #728EE1 #C672E1

monochromatic

#8FB326 #B0D640 #C5E172 #DAECA4 #EFF6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C5E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#C5E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E172

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E172	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.141 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ea9d',
    500: '#c5e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e172;
$custom-light: #d8ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.135,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86578,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E172

secondary

#6043B4

accent

#19CD46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E172

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

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