#C5E261#C5E261

#C5E261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.158 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E261
RGB	rgb(197, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -27.86, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 64.93, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.08 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.158 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3806, 67.1262, 21.5041)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E261 #7E61E2

analogous

#E2BE61 #C5E261 #84E261

triadic

#C5E261 #61C5E2 #E261C5

tetradic

#C5E261 #61E2BE #7E61E2 #E26184

square

#C5E261 #61E2BE #7E61E2 #E26184

split-complementary

#C5E261 #6184E2 #BE61E2

monochromatic

#8AA91F #B2D92D #C5E261 #D8EB95 #EBF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#C5E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#C5E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E261

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E261	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.158 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb92',
    500: '#c5e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e261;
$custom-light: #d9eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.488,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86598,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E261

secondary

#553CAB

accent

#15D13F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E261

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

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