#C5CD59#C5CD59

#C5CD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD59
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -18.32, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 58.58, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.054 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.14 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6615, 56.2551, 17.8495)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD59 #6159CD

analogous

#CD9B59 #C5CD59 #8BCD59

triadic

#C5CD59 #59C5CD #CD59C5

tetradic

#C5CD59 #59CD9B #6159CD #CD598B

square

#C5CD59 #59CD9B #6159CD #CD598B

split-complementary

#C5CD59 #598BCD #9B59CD

monochromatic

#7E8428 #AAB336 #C5CD59 #D5DB88 #E6E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C5CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD59

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD59	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8c',
    500: '#c5cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd59;
$custom-light: #d9dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD59

secondary

#443F8B

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD59

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

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