#C5E656#C5E656

#C5E656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.172 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E656
RGB	rgb(197, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -30.57, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 71.28, 115.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0886 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.172 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0032, 69.1359, 19.3546)
Luminance	0.6914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E656 #7756E6

analogous

#E6BF56 #C5E656 #7DE656

triadic

#C5E656 #56C5E6 #E656C5

tetradic

#C5E656 #56E6BF #7756E6 #E6567D

square

#C5E656 #56E6BF #7756E6 #E6567D

split-complementary

#C5E656 #567DE6 #BF56E6

monochromatic

#88A919 #B3DE21 #C5E656 #D7EE8B #EAF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C5E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#C5E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E656

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E656	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.172 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daee8c',
    500: '#c5e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e656;
$custom-light: #daee8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87374,
    "c": 0.17178,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E656

secondary

#5136AA

accent

#0FD63D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E656

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

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