#C5EB56#C5EB56

#C5EB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.178 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5EB56
RGB	rgb(197, 235, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 63.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -32.88, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 73.62, 116.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0951 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.178 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4146, 71.9587, 19.8250)
Luminance	0.7196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5EB56 #7C56EB

analogous

#EBC656 #C5EB56 #7AEB56

triadic

#C5EB56 #56C5EB #EB56C5

tetradic

#C5EB56 #56EBC6 #7C56EB #EB567A

square

#C5EB56 #56EBC6 #7C56EB #EB567A

split-complementary

#C5EB56 #567AEB #C656EB

monochromatic

#8AB215 #B2E51F #C5EB56 #D8F18D #EBF8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#C5EB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#C5EB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5EB56

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5EB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5EB56	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFE0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5eb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 235, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.178 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daf18c',
    500: '#c5eb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5eb56;
$custom-light: #daf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5eb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.302,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88484,
    "c": 0.1778,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5EB56

secondary

#5433B2

accent

#0ADB40

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5EB56

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

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