#c5e11c

Color #c5e11c

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 17.64 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#c5e11c

RGB

rgb(197, 225, 28)

HSL

hsl(68.5, 77.9%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.5, 87.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 87.6%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(84.9, -30.84, 80.37)

LCH

lch(84.9, 86.08, 110.99)

OKLCH

oklch(85.9%, 0.196, 118.55)

HWB

hwb(68.5, 11%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#381ce1

Analogous

#e19a1c

#c5e11c

#63e11c

Triadic

#c5e11c

#1cc5e1

#e11cc5

Split-complementary

#c5e11c

#1c63e1

#9a1ce1

Tetradic

#c5e11c

#1ce138

#381ce1

#e11cc5

Square

#c5e11c

#1ce19a

#381ce1

#e11c63

Shades

Color #c5e11c mixed toward black.

#a4bc17

#839613

#63710e

#424b09

#212605

Tints

Color #c5e11c mixed toward white.

#d0e740

#d9ec67

#e3f18d

#ecf6b3

#f6fad9

Tones

Color #c5e11c mixed toward gray.

#b9d12c

#aec03d

#a2b04d

#969f5e

#8a8f6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d279 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#d0ce85 · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#c79ca2 · ΔE 46.8

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5e11c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5e11c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c5e11c (#c5e11c) is rgb(197, 225, 28) in RGB.

No, #c5e11c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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