#C5E565#C5E565

#C5E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.158 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E565
RGB	rgb(197, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(75, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -28.94, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 64.70, 116.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0827 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.158 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3947, 68.8485, 22.7856)
Luminance	0.6885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E565 #8565E5

analogous

#E5C565 #C5E565 #85E565

triadic

#C5E565 #65C5E5 #E565C5

tetradic

#C5E565 #65E5C5 #8565E5 #E56585

square

#C5E565 #65E5C5 #8565E5 #E56585

split-complementary

#C5E565 #6585E5 #C565E5

monochromatic

#8DB21E #B1DC31 #C5E565 #D9EE99 #ECF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C5E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#C5E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E565

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E565	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.158 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ed95',
    500: '#c5e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e565;
$custom-light: #d9ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87302,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E565

secondary

#593CB2

accent

#12D343

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E565

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

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