#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
RGB	rgb(197, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -33.62, 72.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 80.22, 114.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0988 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.19 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4330, 71.1093, 16.0637)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C5EA42	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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