#C5CD55#C5CD55

#C5CD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.143 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD55
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -18.62, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 60.31, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0553 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.143 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4981, 56.1898, 16.9888)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD55 #5D55CD

analogous

#CD9955 #C5CD55 #89CD55

triadic

#C5CD55 #55C5CD #CD55C5

tetradic

#C5CD55 #55CD99 #5D55CD #CD5589

square

#C5CD55 #55CD99 #5D55CD #CD5589

split-complementary

#C5CD55 #5589CD #9955CD

monochromatic

#7B8226 #A8B134 #C5CD55 #D5DB84 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C5CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD55

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD55	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.143 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc89',
    500: '#c5cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd55;
$custom-light: #d9dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81875,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD55

secondary

#423D89

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD55

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

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