#C5E455#C5E455

#C5E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.170 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E455
RGB	rgb(197, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.01, -29.70, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.01, 70.74, 114.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0863 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.17 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4098, 68.0131, 18.9594)
Luminance	0.6801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E455 #7455E4

analogous

#E4BC55 #C5E455 #7EE455

triadic

#C5E455 #55C5E4 #E455C5

tetradic

#C5E455 #55E4BC #7455E4 #E4557E

square

#C5E455 #55E4BC #7455E4 #E4557E

split-complementary

#C5E455 #557EE4 #BC55E4

monochromatic

#86A41A #B2D923 #C5E455 #D7EC8A #E9F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#C5E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#C5E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E455

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E455	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFD9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.170 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daec8b',
    500: '#c5e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e455;
$custom-light: #daec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.007,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86922,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E455

secondary

#4F36A7

accent

#11D53B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E455

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

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