#C5CD50#C5CD50

#C5CD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.147 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD50
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -18.97, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 62.42, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0568 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.147 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3064, 56.1131, 15.9794)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD50 #5850CD

analogous

#CD9650 #C5CD50 #86CD50

triadic

#C5CD50 #50C5CD #CD50C5

tetradic

#C5CD50 #50CD96 #5850CD #CD5086

square

#C5CD50 #50CD96 #5850CD #CD5086

split-complementary

#C5CD50 #5086CD #9650CD

monochromatic

#797E24 #A6AE32 #C5CD50 #D5DB80 #E5E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#C5CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD50

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD50	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)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.147 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc86',
    500: '#c5cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd50;
$custom-light: #d9dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81826,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD50

secondary

#403B86

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD50

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

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