#C5CE31#C5CE31

#C5CE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.169 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE31
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 76.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -21.13, 70.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 74.02, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0657 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.169 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.6531, 56.2357, 11.3548)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE31 #3A31CE

analogous

#CE8831 #C5CE31 #77CE31

triadic

#C5CE31 #31C5CE #CE31C5

tetradic

#C5CE31 #31CE88 #3A31CE #CE3177

square

#C5CE31 #31CE88 #3A31CE #CE3177

split-complementary

#C5CE31 #3177CE #8831CE

monochromatic

#666B19 #969D25 #C5CE31 #D3DA62 #E1E694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C5CE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE31

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE31	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.169 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc76',
    500: '#c5ce31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce31;
$custom-light: #dadc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.439,
    "s": 61.569,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.16854,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE31

secondary

#322E75

accent

#43E54C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE31

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

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