#C5CE33#C5CE33

#C5CE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.168 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE33
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 75.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -21.05, 70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 73.42, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0653 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.168 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.6963, 56.2530, 11.5821)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE33 #3C33CE

analogous

#CE8933 #C5CE33 #77CE33

triadic

#C5CE33 #33C5CE #CE33C5

tetradic

#C5CE33 #33CE89 #3C33CE #CE3377

square

#C5CE33 #33CE89 #3C33CE #CE3377

split-complementary

#C5CE33 #3377CE #8933CE

monochromatic

#686D1A #979E26 #C5CE33 #D3DA64 #E1E696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#C5CE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE33

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE33	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)

#DEC40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.168 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc77',
    500: '#c5ce33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce33;
$custom-light: #dadc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.484,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81828,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE33

secondary

#332F76

accent

#43E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE33

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

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