#C5E351#C5E351

#C5E351 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.172 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E351
RGB	rgb(197, 227, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -29.50, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 71.82, 114.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0861 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.172 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9810, 67.4028, 18.0546)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E351 #6F51E3

analogous

#E3B851 #C5E351 #7CE351

triadic

#C5E351 #51C5E3 #E351C5

tetradic

#C5E351 #51E3B8 #6F51E3 #E3517C

square

#C5E351 #51E3B8 #6F51E3 #E3517C

split-complementary

#C5E351 #517CE3 #B851E3

monochromatic

#84A01A #B0D522 #C5E351 #D7EB86 #E8F4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C5E351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#C5E351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E351

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E351	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 227, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.172 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daeb89',
    500: '#c5e351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e351;
$custom-light: #daeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.329,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86666,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E351

secondary

#4C35A3

accent

#11D439

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E351

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

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