#C5CD2C#C5CD2C

#C5CD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.170 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD2C
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -20.83, 72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 75.08, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0653 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.17 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3134, 55.7159, 10.7496)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD2C #342CCD

analogous

#CD852C #C5CD2C #75CD2C

triadic

#C5CD2C #2CC5CD #CD2CC5

tetradic

#C5CD2C #2CCD85 #342CCD #CD2C75

square

#C5CD2C #2CCD85 #342CCD #CD2C75

split-complementary

#C5CD2C #2C75CD #852CCD

monochromatic

#646816 #959B21 #C5CD2C #D5DC5B #E2E78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#C5CD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD2C

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD2C	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)

#DDC73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.170 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc74',
    500: '#c5cd2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd2c;
$custom-light: #dbdc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.981,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81573,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD2C

secondary

#2F2B72

accent

#40E848

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD2C

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

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