#C5CC40#C5CC40

#C5CC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.158 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC40
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -19.45, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 68.26, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0597 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.158 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5456, 55.4273, 13.1488)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC40 #4740CC

analogous

#CC8D40 #C5CC40 #7FCC40

triadic

#C5CC40 #40C5CC #CC40C5

tetradic

#C5CC40 #40CC8D #4740CC #CC407F

square

#C5CC40 #40CC8D #4740CC #CC407F

split-complementary

#C5CC40 #407FCC #8D40CC

monochromatic

#6F731F #9DA32C #C5CC40 #D4D970 #E2E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C5CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC40

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC40	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.158 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb7d',
    500: '#c5cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc40;
$custom-light: #dadb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81475,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC40

secondary

#38347C

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC40

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

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