#C5CD3E#C5CD3E

#C5CD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.160 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD3E
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -20.05, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 69.38, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0616 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.16 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7282, 55.8818, 12.9339)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD3E #463ECD

analogous

#CD8E3E #C5CD3E #7DCD3E

triadic

#C5CD3E #3EC5CD #CD3EC5

tetradic

#C5CD3E #3ECD8E #463ECD #CD3E7D

square

#C5CD3E #3ECD8E #463ECD #CD3E7D

split-complementary

#C5CD3E #3E7DCD #8E3ECD

monochromatic

#6E731E #9DA32A #C5CD3E #D4DA6F #E2E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C5CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD3E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD3E	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.160 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7c',
    500: '#c5cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd3e;
$custom-light: #dadc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.357,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81679,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD3E

secondary

#38347C

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD3E

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

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