#C5CD40#C5CD40

#C5CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD40
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -19.94, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 68.66, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0611 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.159 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7841, 55.9041, 13.2283)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD40 #4840CD

analogous

#CD8E40 #C5CD40 #7FCD40

triadic

#C5CD40 #40C5CD #CD40C5

tetradic

#C5CD40 #40CD8E #4840CD #CD407F

square

#C5CD40 #40CD8E #4840CD #CD407F

split-complementary

#C5CD40 #407FCD #8E40CD

monochromatic

#6F741E #9EA52B #C5CD40 #D4DA71 #E2E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C5CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD40

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD40	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)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7d',
    500: '#c5cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd40;
$custom-light: #dadc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81693,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD40

secondary

#38347D

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD40

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

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