#C5CD4D#C5CD4D

#C5CD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.150 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD4D
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -19.17, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 63.65, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0576 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.15 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1981, 56.0697, 15.4087)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD4D #554DCD

analogous

#CD954D #C5CD4D #85CD4D

triadic

#C5CD4D #4DC5CD #CD4DC5

tetradic

#C5CD4D #4DCD95 #554DCD #CD4D85

square

#C5CD4D #4DCD95 #554DCD #CD4D85

split-complementary

#C5CD4D #4D85CD #954DCD

monochromatic

#777D23 #A5AC30 #C5CD4D #D5DA7D #E4E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C5CD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD4D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD4D	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)

#DCC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.150 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc85',
    500: '#c5cd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd4d;
$custom-light: #d9dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81799,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD4D

secondary

#3E3A84

accent

#48DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD4D

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

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