#C5CD42#C5CD42

#C5CD42 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 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD42
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -19.84, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 67.93, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0606 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.158 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8420, 55.9273, 13.5334)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD42 #4A42CD

analogous

#CD8F42 #C5CD42 #7FCD42

triadic

#C5CD42 #42C5CD #CD42C5

tetradic

#C5CD42 #42CD8F #4A42CD #CD427F

square

#C5CD42 #42CD8F #4A42CD #CD427F

split-complementary

#C5CD42 #427FCD #8F42CD

monochromatic

#71761F #9FA62C #C5CD42 #D4DA72 #E3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C5CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD42

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD42	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.158 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7e',
    500: '#c5cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd42;
$custom-light: #dadc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81708,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD42

secondary

#39357E

accent

#46E14F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD42

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

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