#C5CD51#C5CD51

#C5CD51 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 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD51
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -18.90, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 62.00, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0565 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.147 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3437, 56.1280, 16.1755)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD51 #5951CD

analogous

#CD9751 #C5CD51 #87CD51

triadic

#C5CD51 #51C5CD #CD51C5

tetradic

#C5CD51 #51CD97 #5951CD #CD5187

square

#C5CD51 #51CD97 #5951CD #CD5187

split-complementary

#C5CD51 #5187CD #9751CD

monochromatic

#797F25 #A7AF32 #C5CD51 #D5DB81 #E5E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C5CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD51

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD51	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.147 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc87',
    500: '#c5cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd51;
$custom-light: #d9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81836,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD51

secondary

#403B87

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD51

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

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