#C5CC36#C5CC36

#C5CC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.164 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC36
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -19.94, 68.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 71.71, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.062 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.164 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2862, 55.3235, 11.7822)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC36 #3D36CC

analogous

#CC8836 #C5CC36 #7ACC36

triadic

#C5CC36 #36C5CC #CC36C5

tetradic

#C5CC36 #36CC88 #3D36CC #CC367A

square

#C5CC36 #36CC88 #3D36CC #CC367A

split-complementary

#C5CC36 #367ACC #8836CC

monochromatic

#686C1B #989D28 #C5CC36 #D3D867 #E1E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#C5CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC36

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC36	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.164 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb78',
    500: '#c5cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc36;
$custom-light: #dadb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81408,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC36

secondary

#343076

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC36

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

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