#C5E449#C5E449

#C5E449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.179 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E449
RGB	rgb(197, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -30.47, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 75.21, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0895 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.179 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9728, 67.8384, 16.6582)
Luminance	0.6784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E449 #6849E4

analogous

#E4B649 #C5E449 #78E449

triadic

#C5E449 #49C5E4 #E449C5

tetradic

#C5E449 #49E4B6 #6849E4 #E44978

square

#C5E449 #49E4B6 #6849E4 #E44978

split-complementary

#C5E449 #4978E4 #B649E4

monochromatic

#819C17 #ADD11F #C5E449 #D6EC7E #E7F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C5E449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#C5E449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E449

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E449	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.179 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daec84',
    500: '#c5e449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e449;
$custom-light: #daec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86824,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E449

secondary

#48329F

accent

#37F15C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E449

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

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