#C5E951#C5E951
#C5E951 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.179 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5E951 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 233, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 78%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.36, -32.29, 67.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.36, 74.57, 115.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88% -0.0939 0.1524) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88% 0.179 121.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.6508, 70.7422, 18.6112) |
| Luminance | 0.7074 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 3.32
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 3.59
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.27
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.81
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 4.87
Chartreuse (survey)
#C1F80A
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5E951 #7551E9
analogous
#E9C151 #C5E951 #79E951
triadic
#C5E951 #51C5E9 #E951C5
tetradic
#C5E951 #51E9C1 #7551E9 #E95179
square
#C5E951 #51E9C1 #7551E9 #E95179
split-complementary
#C5E951 #5179E9 #C151E9
monochromatic
#87AA16 #B2E01C #C5E951 #D7F087 #E9F7BE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#C5E951 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.15
#C5E951 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5E951
15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5E951 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5E951 | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.15 | 15.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DC3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFDECA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5e951; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.179 121.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#daf089',
500: '#c5e951',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5e951; $custom-light: #daf089; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5e951",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 233,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 74.211,
"s": 77.551,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87997,
"c": 0.17901,
"h": 121.6
},
"luminance": 0.70742
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5E951
secondary
#4F33AB
accent
#0CDA3D
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84857F