#C6E561#C6E561

#C6E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.161 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E561
RGB	rgb(198, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -28.88, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 66.29, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.083 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.161 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4662, 68.9075, 21.7907)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E561 #8061E5

analogous

#E5C261 #C6E561 #84E561

triadic

#C6E561 #61C6E5 #E561C6

tetradic

#C6E561 #61E5C2 #8061E5 #E56184

square

#C6E561 #61E5C2 #8061E5 #E56184

split-complementary

#C6E561 #6184E5 #C261E5

monochromatic

#8DAF1D #B3DC2C #C6E561 #D9EE96 #ECF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#C6E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#C6E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E561

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E561	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.161 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daed92',
    500: '#c6e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e561;
$custom-light: #daed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87331,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E561

secondary

#563AB0

accent

#12D43F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E561

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

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