#C5E978#C5E978

#C5E978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.146 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5E978
RGB	rgb(197, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(79, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -29.06, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 58.43, 119.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0814 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.146 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5551, 71.5039, 28.6405)
Luminance	0.7150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5E978 #9C78E9

analogous

#E9D578 #C5E978 #8DE978

triadic

#C5E978 #78C5E9 #E978C5

tetradic

#C5E978 #78E9D5 #9C78E9 #E9788D

square

#C5E978 #78E9D5 #9C78E9 #E9788D

split-complementary

#C5E978 #788DE9 #D578E9

monochromatic

#91C620 #AEE043 #C5E978 #DCF2AD #F2FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#C5E978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#C5E978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5E978

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5E978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5E978	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5e978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.146 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8f0a1',
    500: '#c5e978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5e978;
$custom-light: #d8f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5e978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.115,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88414,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5E978

secondary

#6C44C1

accent

#11D44F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5E978

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

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