#C5CD44#C5CD44

#C5CD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD44
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -19.72, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 67.18, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0601 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.156 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9020, 55.9513, 13.8494)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD44 #4C44CD

analogous

#CD9044 #C5CD44 #80CD44

triadic

#C5CD44 #44C5CD #CD44C5

tetradic

#C5CD44 #44CD90 #4C44CD #CD4480

square

#C5CD44 #44CD90 #4C44CD #CD4480

split-complementary

#C5CD44 #4480CD #9044CD

monochromatic

#727720 #A0A72D #C5CD44 #D4DA74 #E3E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C5CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD44

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD44	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)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7f',
    500: '#c5cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd44;
$custom-light: #dadc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.504,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81723,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD44

secondary

#3A367F

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD44

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

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