#C5E849#C5E849

#C5E849 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.183 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E849
RGB	rgb(197, 232, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.03, -32.32, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.03, 76.99, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0947 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.183 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0860, 70.0646, 17.0292)
Luminance	0.7006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E849 #6C49E8

analogous

#E8BC49 #C5E849 #75E849

triadic

#C5E849 #49C5E8 #E849C5

tetradic

#C5E849 #49E8BC #6C49E8 #E84975

square

#C5E849 #49E8BC #6C49E8 #E84975

split-complementary

#C5E849 #4975E8 #BC49E8

monochromatic

#83A214 #AFD81B #C5E849 #D6EF7F #E8F6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C5E849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#C5E849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E849

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E849	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 232, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.183 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daef85',
    500: '#c5e849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e849;
$custom-light: #daef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.208,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87713,
    "c": 0.18322,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E849

secondary

#4A31A4

accent

#34F45E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF3

border

#D5D6CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E849

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

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