#C5CD2A#C5CD2A

#C5CD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.171 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD2A
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 79.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -20.90, 72.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 75.62, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0656 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.171 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2767, 55.7012, 10.5564)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD2A #322ACD

analogous

#CD832A #C5CD2A #73CD2A

triadic

#C5CD2A #2AC5CD #CD2AC5

tetradic

#C5CD2A #2ACD83 #322ACD #CD2A73

square

#C5CD2A #2ACD83 #322ACD #CD2A73

split-complementary

#C5CD2A #2A73CD #832ACD

monochromatic

#636715 #949A20 #C5CD2A #D6DD58 #E3E78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C5CD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD2A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD2A	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)

#DDC300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.171 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc73',
    500: '#c5cd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd2a;
$custom-light: #dbdc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.945,
    "s": 65.992,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81564,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD2A

secondary

#2D2A71

accent

#3FE947

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD2A

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

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