#C5E461#C5E461

#C5E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.161 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E461
RGB	rgb(197, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -28.80, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 65.89, 115.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0827 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.161 121)
XYZ	xyz(52.9276, 68.2203, 21.6865)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E461 #8061E4

analogous

#E4C161 #C5E461 #83E461

triadic

#C5E461 #61C5E4 #E461C5

tetradic

#C5E461 #61E4C1 #8061E4 #E46183

square

#C5E461 #61E4C1 #8061E4 #E46183

split-complementary

#C5E461 #6183E4 #C161E4

monochromatic

#8BAD1E #B2DB2D #C5E461 #D8ED95 #EBF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C5E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#C5E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E461

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E461	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CED9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.161 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ec92',
    500: '#c5e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e461;
$custom-light: #d9ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.198,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87039,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.6822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E461

secondary

#563BAE

accent

#13D340

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E461

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

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