#C5E857#C5E857

#C5E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.173 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E857
RGB	rgb(197, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -31.43, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 71.83, 115.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0909 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.173 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6035, 70.2716, 19.7548)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E857 #7A57E8

analogous

#E8C357 #C5E857 #7CE857

triadic

#C5E857 #57C5E8 #E857C5

tetradic

#C5E857 #57E8C3 #7A57E8 #E8577C

square

#C5E857 #57E8C3 #7A57E8 #E8577C

split-complementary

#C5E857 #577CE8 #C357E8

monochromatic

#89AD18 #B2E121 #C5E857 #D8EF8D #EAF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C5E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#C5E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E857

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E857	1.00	1.39	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.39	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.173 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daef8d',
    500: '#c5e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e857;
$custom-light: #daef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87827,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E857

secondary

#5235AE

accent

#0DD83E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E857

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

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