#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
RGB	rgb(197, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -31.89, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 72.30, 116.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0922 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.175 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8858, 70.8362, 19.8489)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##C5E957	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C5E957

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

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