#C5CD3A#C5CD3A

#C5CD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.163 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD3A
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -20.25, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 70.77, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0625 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.163 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6224, 55.8395, 12.3770)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD3A #423ACD

analogous

#CD8C3A #C5CD3A #7CCD3A

triadic

#C5CD3A #3AC5CD #CD3AC5

tetradic

#C5CD3A #3ACD8C #423ACD #CD3A7C

square

#C5CD3A #3ACD8C #423ACD #CD3A7C

split-complementary

#C5CD3A #3A7CCD #8C3ACD

monochromatic

#6C701C #9AA129 #C5CD3A #D3D96B #E2E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C5CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD3A

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD3A	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.163 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7a',
    500: '#c5cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd3a;
$custom-light: #dadc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81652,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD3A

secondary

#363279

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD3A

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

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