#C5E956#C5E956

#C5E956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.175 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E956
RGB	rgb(197, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -31.96, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 72.68, 116.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0925 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.175 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8452, 70.8200, 19.6352)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E956 #7A56E9

analogous

#E9C456 #C5E956 #7BE956

triadic

#C5E956 #56C5E9 #E956C5

tetradic

#C5E956 #56E9C4 #7A56E9 #E9567B

square

#C5E956 #56E9C4 #7A56E9 #E9567B

split-complementary

#C5E956 #567BE9 #C456E9

monochromatic

#89AE17 #B2E220 #C5E956 #D8F08C #EAF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#C5E956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#C5E956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E956

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E956	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	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)

#F6DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.175 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf08c',
    500: '#c5e956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e956;
$custom-light: #daf08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.694,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8804,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E956

secondary

#5234AF

accent

#0CD93E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E956

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

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