#C5EA42#C5EA42

#C5EA42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.190 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5EA42
RGBrgb(197, 234, 66)
HSLhsl(73, 80%, 59%)
HSVhsv(73, 72%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(15.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(87.54, -33.62, 72.83)
CIE-LCHlch(87.54, 80.22, 114.78°)
OKLaboklab(88.11% -0.0988 0.162)
OKLCHoklch(88.11% 0.19 121.4)
XYZxyz(53.4330, 71.1093, 16.0637)
Luminance0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5EA42 #6742EA
analogous
#EABB42 #C5EA42 #71EA42
triadic
#C5EA42 #42C5EA #EA42C5
tetradic
#C5EA42 #42EABB #6742EA #EA4271
square
#C5EA42 #42EABB #6742EA #EA4271
split-complementary
#C5EA42 #4271EA #BB42EA
monochromatic
#81A012 #ADD718 #C5EA42 #D6F079 #E7F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38
#C5EA42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22
#C5EA42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5EA42
15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5EA42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5EA421.001.3815.2215.22
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2221.001.001.00
##00000015.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DC21
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F4DC51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0DECA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5ea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.190 121.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf081',
    500: '#c5ea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5ea42;
$custom-light: #daf081;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5ea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8811,
    "c": 0.18979,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5EA42
secondary
#472EA2
accent
#31F65D
background
#FEFFFB
surface
#FCFEF2
border
#D5D6CC
text
#15160B
muted
#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5EA42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#C5EA42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva