#C5CD79#C5CD79

#C5CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.108 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD79
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -15.33, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 43.62, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0425 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.108 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3090, 56.9141, 26.5261)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD79 #8179CD

analogous

#CDAB79 #C5CD79 #9BCD79

triadic

#C5CD79 #79C5CD #CD79C5

tetradic

#C5CD79 #79CDAB #8179CD #CD799B

square

#C5CD79 #79CDAB #8179CD #CD799B

split-complementary

#C5CD79 #799BCD #AB79CD

monochromatic

#8B9437 #B2BC4C #C5CD79 #D8DEA6 #ECEED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#C5CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD79

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD79	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.108 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dca1',
    500: '#c5cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd79;
$custom-light: #d8dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82335,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD79

secondary

#57509B

accent

#2DB93A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD79

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

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