#C5E955#C5E955

#C5E955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.176 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E955
RGB	rgb(197, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(75, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -32.03, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 73.06, 116.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0928 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.176 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8052, 70.8040, 19.4245)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E955 #7955E9

analogous

#E9C355 #C5E955 #7BE955

triadic

#C5E955 #55C5E9 #E955C5

tetradic

#C5E955 #55E9C3 #7955E9 #E9557B

square

#C5E955 #55E9C3 #7955E9 #E9557B

split-complementary

#C5E955 #557BE9 #C355E9

monochromatic

#89AD16 #B3E21F #C5E955 #D7F08B #EAF7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#C5E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#C5E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E955

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E955	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.176 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf08b',
    500: '#c5e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e955;
$custom-light: #daf08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.595,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88031,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E955

secondary

#5234AE

accent

#0CD93E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E955

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

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