#C6E551#C6E551

#C6E551 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.174 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E551
RGB	rgb(198, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -30.05, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 72.65, 114.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0877 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.174 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7940, 68.6386, 18.2503)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E551 #7051E5

analogous

#E5BA51 #C6E551 #7CE551

triadic

#C6E551 #51C6E5 #E551C6

tetradic

#C6E551 #51E5BA #7051E5 #E5517C

square

#C6E551 #51E5BA #7051E5 #E5517C

split-complementary

#C6E551 #517CE5 #BA51E5

monochromatic

#86A318 #B2D820 #C6E551 #D7ED86 #E9F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#C6E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#C6E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E551

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E551	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.174 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daed89',
    500: '#c6e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e551;
$custom-light: #daed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.568,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8718,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E551

secondary

#4C35A6

accent

#0FD639

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E551

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

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