#C5CE2E#C5CE2E

#C5CE2E 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	#C5CE2E
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 77.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -21.25, 71.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 74.90, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0663 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.17 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5919, 56.2112, 11.0324)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE2E #372ECE

analogous

#CE872E #C5CE2E #75CE2E

triadic

#C5CE2E #2EC5CE #CE2EC5

tetradic

#C5CE2E #2ECE87 #372ECE #CE2E75

square

#C5CE2E #2ECE87 #372ECE #CE2E75

split-complementary

#C5CE2E #2E75CE #872ECE

monochromatic

#656A18 #959C23 #C5CE2E #D4DB5E #E1E690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C5CE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE2E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE2E	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)

#DEC73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.170 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc75',
    500: '#c5ce2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce2e;
$custom-light: #dbdc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.375,
    "s": 63.492,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81802,
    "c": 0.16999,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE2E

secondary

#312D74

accent

#41E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE2E

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

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