#C5CD3C#C5CD3C

#C5CD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.161 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD3C
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -20.15, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 70.08, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.062 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.161 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6743, 55.8602, 12.6502)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD3C #443CCD

analogous

#CD8C3C #C5CD3C #7DCD3C

triadic

#C5CD3C #3CC5CD #CD3CC5

tetradic

#C5CD3C #3CCD8C #443CCD #CD3C7D

square

#C5CD3C #3CCD8C #443CCD #CD3C7D

split-complementary

#C5CD3C #3C7DCD #8C3CCD

monochromatic

#6D711D #9CA22A #C5CD3C #D3D96D #E2E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#C5CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD3C

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD3C	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)

#DCC322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.161 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7b',
    500: '#c5cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd3c;
$custom-light: #dadc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.31,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81665,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD3C

secondary

#37337A

accent

#45E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD3C

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

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