#C5CC59#C5CC59

#C5CC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC59
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -17.82, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 58.14, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0526 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.139 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4231, 55.7783, 17.7700)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC59 #6059CC

analogous

#CC9959 #C5CC59 #8CCC59

triadic

#C5CC59 #59C5CC #CC59C5

tetradic

#C5CC59 #59CC99 #6059CC #CC598C

square

#C5CC59 #59CC99 #6059CC #CC598C

split-complementary

#C5CC59 #598CCC #9959CC

monochromatic

#7D8328 #AAB136 #C5CC59 #D5DA88 #E6E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C5CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC59

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC59	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9db8c',
    500: '#c5cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc59;
$custom-light: #d9db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.652,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.817,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC59

secondary

#443F8A

accent

#4BDC54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC59

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

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