#C5CE2D#C5CE2D

#C5CE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.170 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE2D
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 78.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -21.28, 72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 75.18, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0665 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.17 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5724, 56.2034, 10.9298)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE2D #362DCE

analogous

#CE872D #C5CE2D #75CE2D

triadic

#C5CE2D #2DC5CE #CE2DC5

tetradic

#C5CE2D #2DCE87 #362DCE #CE2D75

square

#C5CE2D #2DCE87 #362DCE #CE2D75

split-complementary

#C5CE2D #2D75CE #872DCE

monochromatic

#656A17 #959C22 #C5CE2D #D4DC5D #E2E78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C5CE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE2D

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE2D	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.170 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc74',
    500: '#c5ce2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce2d;
$custom-light: #dbdc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.354,
    "s": 64.143,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81797,
    "c": 0.17045,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE2D

secondary

#302C73

accent

#41E74A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE2D

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

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