#C5E349#C5E349

#C5E349 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.177 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E349
RGB	rgb(197, 227, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -30.00, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 74.77, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0882 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.177 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6985, 67.2898, 16.5667)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E349 #6749E3

analogous

#E3B449 #C5E349 #78E349

triadic

#C5E349 #49C5E3 #E349C5

tetradic

#C5E349 #49E3B4 #6749E3 #E34978

square

#C5E349 #49E3B4 #6749E3 #E34978

split-complementary

#C5E349 #4978E3 #B449E3

monochromatic

#819A18 #ADCF20 #C5E349 #D6EB7E #E7F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C5E349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#C5E349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E349

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E349	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 227, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.177 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeb84',
    500: '#c5e349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e349;
$custom-light: #daeb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.688,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86602,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E349

secondary

#47339E

accent

#38F05C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E349

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

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