#C5CD41#C5CD41

#C5CD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.158 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD41
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 65)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -19.89, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 68.30, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0609 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.158 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8128, 55.9156, 13.3795)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD41 #4941CD

analogous

#CD8F41 #C5CD41 #7FCD41

triadic

#C5CD41 #41C5CD #CD41C5

tetradic

#C5CD41 #41CD8F #4941CD #CD417F

square

#C5CD41 #41CD8F #4941CD #CD417F

split-complementary

#C5CD41 #417FCD #8F41CD

monochromatic

#70751F #9EA52C #C5CD41 #D4DA71 #E3E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#C5CD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD41

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD41	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)

#DCC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.158 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7e',
    500: '#c5cd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd41;
$custom-light: #dadc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.817,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD41

secondary

#39357D

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD41

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

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