#C5E957#C5E957

#C5E957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.175 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5E957
RGBrgb(197, 233, 87)
HSLhsl(75, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(15.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.41, -31.89, 64.88)
CIE-LCHlch(87.41, 72.30, 116.17°)
OKLaboklab(88.05% -0.0922 0.1483)
OKLCHoklch(88.05% 0.175 121.9)
XYZxyz(53.8858, 70.8362, 19.8489)
Luminance0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5E957 #7B57E9
analogous
#E9C457 #C5E957 #7CE957
triadic
#C5E957 #57C5E9 #E957C5
tetradic
#C5E957 #57E9C4 #7B57E9 #E9577C
square
#C5E957 #57E9C4 #7B57E9 #E9577C
split-complementary
#C5E957 #577CE9 #C457E9
monochromatic
#89AF17 #B2E221 #C5E957 #D8F08D #EAF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38
#C5E957 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17
#C5E957 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E957
15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5E957#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5E9571.001.3815.1715.17
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1721.001.001.00
##00000015.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFDECB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.175 121.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf08d',
    500: '#c5e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5e957;
$custom-light: #daf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.795,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88049,
    "c": 0.17464,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5E957
secondary
#5335AF
accent
#0CD93F
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F

Preview Lab

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#C5E957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva