#C5E855#C5E855

#C5E855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.175 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E855
RGB	rgb(197, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.11, -31.57, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.11, 72.60, 115.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0915 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.175 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5229, 70.2394, 19.3304)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E855 #7855E8

analogous

#E8C255 #C5E855 #7BE855

triadic

#C5E855 #55C5E8 #E855C5

tetradic

#C5E855 #55E8C2 #7855E8 #E8557B

square

#C5E855 #55E8C2 #7855E8 #E8557B

split-complementary

#C5E855 #557BE8 #C255E8

monochromatic

#88AB17 #B3E11F #C5E855 #D7EF8B #EAF7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C5E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#C5E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E855

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E855	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.175 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daef8b',
    500: '#c5e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e855;
$custom-light: #daef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.286,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87809,
    "c": 0.17493,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E855

secondary

#5135AD

accent

#0DD83E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E855

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

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