#C5E245#C5E245

#C5E245 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.179 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E245
RGB	rgb(197, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -29.76, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 75.73, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0879 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.179 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2975, 66.6930, 15.7997)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E245 #6245E2

analogous

#E2B145 #C5E245 #76E245

triadic

#C5E245 #45C5E2 #E245C5

tetradic

#C5E245 #45E2B1 #6245E2 #E24576

square

#C5E245 #45E2B1 #6245E2 #E24576

split-complementary

#C5E245 #4576E2 #B145E2

monochromatic

#7E9517 #ABCA20 #C5E245 #D6EA7A #E6F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C5E245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#C5E245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E245

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E245	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.179 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeb82',
    500: '#c5e245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e245;
$custom-light: #daeb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.083,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86351,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E245

secondary

#45329A

accent

#38F05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E245

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

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