#C5E856#C5E856

#C5E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.174 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E856
RGB	rgb(197, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -31.50, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 72.21, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.0912 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.174 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5629, 70.2554, 19.5411)
Luminance	0.7026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E856 #7956E8

analogous

#E8C256 #C5E856 #7CE856

triadic

#C5E856 #56C5E8 #E856C5

tetradic

#C5E856 #56E8C2 #7956E8 #E8567C

square

#C5E856 #56E8C2 #7956E8 #E8567C

split-complementary

#C5E856 #567CE8 #C256E8

monochromatic

#89AC17 #B3E120 #C5E856 #D7EF8C #EAF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#C5E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#C5E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E856

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E856	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)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.174 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daef8c',
    500: '#c5e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e856;
$custom-light: #daef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.384,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87818,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E856

secondary

#5235AD

accent

#0DD83E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E856

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

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