#C5CD49#C5CD49

#C5CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD49
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -19.43, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 65.25, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0588 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.153 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0612, 56.0150, 14.6876)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD49 #5149CD

analogous

#CD9349 #C5CD49 #83CD49

triadic

#C5CD49 #49C5CD #CD49C5

tetradic

#C5CD49 #49CD93 #5149CD #CD4983

square

#C5CD49 #49CD93 #5149CD #CD4983

split-complementary

#C5CD49 #4983CD #9349CD

monochromatic

#757A22 #A3AA2F #C5CD49 #D4DA79 #E4E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C5CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD49

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD49	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc82',
    500: '#c5cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd49;
$custom-light: #dadc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81764,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD49

secondary

#3D3882

accent

#48E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD49

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

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