#C5CD56#C5CD56

#C5CD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD56
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -18.54, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 59.88, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0549 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.142 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5381, 56.2058, 17.1995)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD56 #5E56CD

analogous

#CD9A56 #C5CD56 #89CD56

triadic

#C5CD56 #56C5CD #CD56C5

tetradic

#C5CD56 #56CD9A #5E56CD #CD5689

square

#C5CD56 #56CD9A #5E56CD #CD5689

split-complementary

#C5CD56 #5689CD #9A56CD

monochromatic

#7C8226 #A9B134 #C5CD56 #D5DB85 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C5CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD56

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8a',
    500: '#c5cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd56;
$custom-light: #d9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD56

secondary

#433E89

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD56

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

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