#C5E953#C5E953

#C5E953 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.178 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E953
RGB	rgb(197, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(74, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -32.16, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 73.82, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0933 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.178 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7269, 70.7726, 19.0120)
Luminance	0.7077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E953 #7753E9

analogous

#E9C253 #C5E953 #7AE953

triadic

#C5E953 #53C5E9 #E953C5

tetradic

#C5E953 #53E9C2 #7753E9 #E9537A

square

#C5E953 #53E9C2 #7753E9 #E9537A

split-complementary

#C5E953 #537AE9 #C253E9

monochromatic

#88AC16 #B3E21D #C5E953 #D7F089 #EAF7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C5E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#C5E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E953

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E953	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)

#F6DC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.178 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf08a',
    500: '#c5e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e953;
$custom-light: #daf08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88014,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E953

secondary

#5133AD

accent

#0CDA3D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E953

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

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