#C5CD4E#C5CD4E

#C5CD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.149 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD4E
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -19.11, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 63.25, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0574 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.149 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2336, 56.0840, 15.5960)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD4E #564ECD

analogous

#CD964E #C5CD4E #85CD4E

triadic

#C5CD4E #4EC5CD #CD4EC5

tetradic

#C5CD4E #4ECD96 #564ECD #CD4E85

square

#C5CD4E #4ECD96 #564ECD #CD4E85

split-complementary

#C5CD4E #4E85CD #964ECD

monochromatic

#787D23 #A5AD31 #C5CD4E #D5DA7E #E4E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C5CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD4E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD4E	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.149 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc85',
    500: '#c5cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd4e;
$custom-light: #d9dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81808,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD4E

secondary

#3F3A85

accent

#49DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD4E

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

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