#C5CD72#C5CD72

#C5CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.115 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD72
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -16.07, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 47.02, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0452 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.115 113)
XYZ	xyz(47.8952, 56.7486, 24.3468)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD72 #7A72CD

analogous

#CDA872 #C5CD72 #97CD72

triadic

#C5CD72 #72C5CD #CD72C5

tetradic

#C5CD72 #72CDA8 #7A72CD #CD7297

square

#C5CD72 #72CDA8 #7A72CD #CD7297

split-complementary

#C5CD72 #7297CD #A872CD

monochromatic

#899133 #B2BD45 #C5CD72 #D8DD9F #EAEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C5CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD72

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD72	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.115 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc9c',
    500: '#c5cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd72;
$custom-light: #d8dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8223,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD72

secondary

#524C97

accent

#2BBB37

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD72

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

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