#C5E355#C5E355

#C5E355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.169 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E355
RGB	rgb(197, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -29.23, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 70.28, 114.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.085 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.169 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1355, 67.4645, 18.8680)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E355 #7355E3

analogous

#E3BA55 #C5E355 #7EE355

triadic

#C5E355 #55C5E3 #E355C5

tetradic

#C5E355 #55E3BA #7355E3 #E3557E

square

#C5E355 #55E3BA #7355E3 #E3557E

split-complementary

#C5E355 #557EE3 #BA55E3

monochromatic

#86A31B #B1D723 #C5E355 #D7EC8A #E9F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C5E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#C5E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E355

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E355	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.169 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8b',
    500: '#c5e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e355;
$custom-light: #d9eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.676,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86701,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E355

secondary

#4E37A5

accent

#12D43B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E355

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

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