#C5CB55#C5CB55

#C5CB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB55
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -17.63, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 59.44, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0524 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.141 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0227, 55.2391, 16.8304)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB55 #5B55CB

analogous

#CB9655 #C5CB55 #8ACB55

triadic

#C5CB55 #55C5CB #CB55C5

tetradic

#C5CB55 #55CB96 #5B55CB #CB558A

square

#C5CB55 #55CB96 #5B55CB #CB558A

split-complementary

#C5CB55 #558ACB #9655CB

monochromatic

#7A7F27 #A8AE35 #C5CB55 #D5D984 #E5E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C5CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB55

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB55	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da89',
    500: '#c5cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb55;
$custom-light: #d9da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.051,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81441,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB55

secondary

#413E87

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB55

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

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