#C5CD69#C5CD69

#C5CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD69
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -16.95, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 51.31, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0485 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.125 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4079, 56.5537, 21.7804)
Luminance	0.5655 (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

#C5CD69 #7169CD

analogous

#CDA369 #C5CD69 #93CD69

triadic

#C5CD69 #69C5CD #CD69C5

tetradic

#C5CD69 #69CDA3 #7169CD #CD6993

square

#C5CD69 #69CDA3 #7169CD #CD6993

split-complementary

#C5CD69 #6993CD #A369CD

monochromatic

#858D2F #B1BB3E #C5CD69 #D7DC97 #E8ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C5CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD69

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD69	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc96',
    500: '#c5cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd69;
$custom-light: #d8dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82106,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD69

secondary

#4D4793

accent

#28BD34

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD69

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

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