#C5CD4A#C5CD4A

#C5CD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD4A
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -19.37, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 64.86, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0585 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0946, 56.0284, 14.8636)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD4A #524ACD

analogous

#CD944A #C5CD4A #84CD4A

triadic

#C5CD4A #4AC5CD #CD4AC5

tetradic

#C5CD4A #4ACD94 #524ACD #CD4A84

square

#C5CD4A #4ACD94 #524ACD #CD4A84

split-complementary

#C5CD4A #4A84CD #944ACD

monochromatic

#757B22 #A3AB2F #C5CD4A #D4DA7A #E4E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C5CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD4A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD4A	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc83',
    500: '#c5cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd4a;
$custom-light: #dadc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.664,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81772,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD4A

secondary

#3D3883

accent

#48E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD4A

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

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