#C5CD57#C5CD57

#C5CD57 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	#C5CD57
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -18.47, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 59.45, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0546 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.142 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5787, 56.2220, 17.4132)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD57 #5F57CD

analogous

#CD9A57 #C5CD57 #8ACD57

triadic

#C5CD57 #57C5CD #CD57C5

tetradic

#C5CD57 #57CD9A #5F57CD #CD578A

square

#C5CD57 #57CD9A #5F57CD #CD578A

split-complementary

#C5CD57 #578ACD #9A57CD

monochromatic

#7C8327 #A9B235 #C5CD57 #D5DB86 #E6E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C5CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD57

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD57	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8b',
    500: '#c5cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd57;
$custom-light: #d9dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81896,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD57

secondary

#433E8A

accent

#4ADD54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD57

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

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