#C5E357#C5E357

#C5E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.167 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E357
RGB	rgb(197, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -29.09, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 69.49, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0844 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.167 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2161, 67.4968, 19.2923)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E357 #7557E3

analogous

#E3BB57 #C5E357 #7FE357

triadic

#C5E357 #57C5E3 #E357C5

tetradic

#C5E357 #57E3BB #7557E3 #E3577F

square

#C5E357 #57E3BB #7557E3 #E3577F

split-complementary

#C5E357 #577FE3 #BB57E3

monochromatic

#87A41B #B2D924 #C5E357 #D7EC8B #E9F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#C5E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#C5E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E357

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E357	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.167 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9eb8c',
    500: '#c5e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e357;
$custom-light: #d9eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86719,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E357

secondary

#4F38A7

accent

#12D33B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E357

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

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