#c5eb4e

Color #c5eb4e

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 12.47 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c5eb4e

RGB

rgb(197, 235, 78)

HSL

hsl(74.5, 79.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(74.5, 66.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.2%, 0%, 66.8%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(87.89, -33.4, 68.91)

LCH

lch(87.89, 76.58, 115.86)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.1835, 121.99)

HWB

hwb(74.5, 30.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#744eeb

Analogous

#ebc24e

#c5eb4e

#77eb4e

Triadic

#c5eb4e

#4ec5eb

#eb4ec5

Split-complementary

#c5eb4e

#4e77eb

#c24eeb

Tetradic

#c5eb4e

#4eeb74

#744eeb

#eb4ec5

Square

#c5eb4e

#4eebc2

#744eeb

#eb4e77

Shades

Color #c5eb4e mixed toward black.

#b6e61f

#93bc15

#6f8d10

#4a5e0b

#252f05

Tints

Color #c5eb4e mixed toward white.

#cfee6c

#d8f289

#e2f5a7

#ecf8c4

#f5fce2

Tones

Color #c5eb4e mixed toward gray.

#bede5b

#b8d168

#b1c475

#aab782

#a3aa8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d78b · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#d4d195 · ΔE 14.6

Tritanopia

#c7aab0 · ΔE 42.7

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5eb4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5eb4e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#c5eb4e (#c5eb4e) is rgb(197, 235, 78) in RGB.

No, #c5eb4e 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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