#C5CD4F#C5CD4F

#C5CD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD4F
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -19.04, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 62.83, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0571 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.148 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2698, 56.0984, 15.7863)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD4F #574FCD

analogous

#CD964F #C5CD4F #86CD4F

triadic

#C5CD4F #4FC5CD #CD4FC5

tetradic

#C5CD4F #4FCD96 #574FCD #CD4F86

square

#C5CD4F #4FCD96 #574FCD #CD4F86

split-complementary

#C5CD4F #4F86CD #964FCD

monochromatic

#787E24 #A6AE31 #C5CD4F #D5DB7F #E4E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C5CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD4F

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD4F	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)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc86',
    500: '#c5cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd4f;
$custom-light: #d9dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD4F

secondary

#3F3B86

accent

#49DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD4F

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

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