#C5CD52#C5CD52

#C5CD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD52
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -18.83, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 61.59, 107.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0562 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.146 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3814, 56.1431, 16.3744)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD52 #5A52CD

analogous

#CD9852 #C5CD52 #88CD52

triadic

#C5CD52 #52C5CD #CD52C5

tetradic

#C5CD52 #52CD98 #5A52CD #CD5288

square

#C5CD52 #52CD98 #5A52CD #CD5288

split-complementary

#C5CD52 #5288CD #9852CD

monochromatic

#7A8025 #A7AF33 #C5CD52 #D5DB81 #E5E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C5CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD52

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD52	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)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc88',
    500: '#c5cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd52;
$custom-light: #d9dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD52

secondary

#413C87

accent

#49DE53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD52

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

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