#C5CD38#C5CD38

#C5CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.164 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD38
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -20.34, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 71.44, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.063 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.164 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5725, 55.8195, 12.1142)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD38 #4038CD

analogous

#CD8A38 #C5CD38 #7ACD38

triadic

#C5CD38 #38C5CD #CD38C5

tetradic

#C5CD38 #38CD8A #4038CD #CD387A

square

#C5CD38 #38CD8A #4038CD #CD387A

split-complementary

#C5CD38 #387ACD #8A38CD

monochromatic

#6A6F1C #99A028 #C5CD38 #D3D969 #E2E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#C5CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD38

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD38	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)

#DDC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.164 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc79',
    500: '#c5cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd38;
$custom-light: #dadc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81639,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD38

secondary

#353178

accent

#45E34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD38

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

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