#C5CD45#C5CD45

#C5CD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; 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	#C5CD45
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -19.67, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 66.80, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0598 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.156 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9328, 55.9636, 14.0115)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD45 #4D45CD

analogous

#CD9145 #C5CD45 #81CD45

triadic

#C5CD45 #45C5CD #CD45C5

tetradic

#C5CD45 #45CD91 #4D45CD #CD4581

square

#C5CD45 #45CD91 #4D45CD #CD4581

split-complementary

#C5CD45 #4581CD #9145CD

monochromatic

#727720 #A1A82D #C5CD45 #D4DA75 #E3E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C5CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD45

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD45	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)

#DCC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc80',
    500: '#c5cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd45;
$custom-light: #dadc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81731,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD45

secondary

#3B3680

accent

#47E150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD45

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

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