#C5CD65#C5CD65

#C5CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD65
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -17.32, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 53.17, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0499 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.129 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2071, 56.4734, 20.7230)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD65 #6D65CD

analogous

#CDA165 #C5CD65 #91CD65

triadic

#C5CD65 #65C5CD #CD65C5

tetradic

#C5CD65 #65CDA1 #6D65CD #CD6591

square

#C5CD65 #65CDA1 #6D65CD #CD6591

split-complementary

#C5CD65 #6591CD #A165CD

monochromatic

#838B2D #AFB93C #C5CD65 #D6DC93 #E8EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C5CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD65

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD65	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc93',
    500: '#c5cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd65;
$custom-light: #d8dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82056,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD65

secondary

#4B4591

accent

#4DDA58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD65

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

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