#C5CC51#C5CC51

#C5CC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC51
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -18.41, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 61.57, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0551 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.145 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1052, 55.6511, 16.0960)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC51 #5851CC

analogous

#CC9551 #C5CC51 #87CC51

triadic

#C5CC51 #51C5CC #CC51C5

tetradic

#C5CC51 #51CC95 #5851CC #CC5187

square

#C5CC51 #51CC95 #5851CC #CC5187

split-complementary

#C5CC51 #5187CC #9551CC

monochromatic

#797E25 #A6AD33 #C5CC51 #D5DA80 #E5E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#C5CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC51

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC51	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db87',
    500: '#c5cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc51;
$custom-light: #d9db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81619,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC51

secondary

#403C86

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC51

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

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