#C5CC57#C5CC57

#C5CC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC57
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -17.97, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 59.01, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0532 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.14 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3402, 55.7451, 17.3337)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC57 #5E57CC

analogous

#CC9957 #C5CC57 #8ACC57

triadic

#C5CC57 #57C5CC #CC57C5

tetradic

#C5CC57 #57CC99 #5E57CC #CC578A

square

#C5CC57 #57CC99 #5E57CC #CC578A

split-complementary

#C5CC57 #578ACC #9957CC

monochromatic

#7C8127 #A9B036 #C5CC57 #D5DA86 #E5E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#C5CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC57

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC57	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db8b',
    500: '#c5cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc57;
$custom-light: #d9db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.59,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81679,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC57

secondary

#433E89

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC57

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

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