#C5E596#C5E596

#C5E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.108 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E596
RGB	rgb(197, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(84, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -23.65, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 42.37, 123.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0644 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.108 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.5497, 70.1105, 39.4017)
Luminance	0.7011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E596 #B696E5

analogous

#E5DE96 #C5E596 #9EE596

triadic

#C5E596 #96C5E5 #E596C5

tetradic

#C5E596 #96E5DE #B696E5 #E5969E

square

#C5E596 #96E5DE #B696E5 #E5969E

split-complementary

#C5E596 #969EE5 #DE96E5

monochromatic

#8FCD34 #AAD965 #C5E596 #E0F1C7 #F1F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C5E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#C5E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E596

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E596	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.108 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7edb5',
    500: '#c5e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e596;
$custom-light: #d7edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.304,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88004,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E596

secondary

#8761BF

accent

#1EC863

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E596

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

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