#C5E577#C5E577

#C5E577 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.142 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E577
RGB	rgb(197, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(77, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(77, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 48%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -27.27, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 56.80, 118.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0764 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.142 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3752, 69.2407, 27.9494)
Luminance	0.6924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E577 #9777E5

analogous

#E5CE77 #C5E577 #8EE577

triadic

#C5E577 #77C5E5 #E577C5

tetradic

#C5E577 #77E5CE #9777E5 #E5778E

square

#C5E577 #77E5CE #9777E5 #E5778E

split-complementary

#C5E577 #778EE5 #CE77E5

monochromatic

#91BD24 #AFDB44 #C5E577 #DBEFAA #F1F9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#C5E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#C5E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E577

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E577	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.142 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8eda0',
    500: '#c5e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e577;
$custom-light: #d8eda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.455,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87521,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E577

secondary

#6744BC

accent

#16D04C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E577

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

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