#C5CC55#C5CC55

#C5CC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC55
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -18.12, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 59.87, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0539 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.142 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2597, 55.7129, 16.9094)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC55 #5C55CC

analogous

#CC9755 #C5CC55 #8ACC55

triadic

#C5CC55 #55C5CC #CC55C5

tetradic

#C5CC55 #55CC97 #5C55CC #CC558A

square

#C5CC55 #55CC97 #5C55CC #CC558A

split-complementary

#C5CC55 #558ACC #9755CC

monochromatic

#7B8026 #A8AF35 #C5CC55 #D5DA84 #E5E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C5CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC55

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC55	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db89',
    500: '#c5cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc55;
$custom-light: #d9db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81658,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC55

secondary

#423D88

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC55

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

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