#C5CE38#C5CE38

#C5CE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.165 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE38
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -20.83, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 71.83, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0643 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.165 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.8125, 56.2995, 12.1942)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE38 #4138CE

analogous

#CE8C38 #C5CE38 #7ACE38

triadic

#C5CE38 #38C5CE #CE38C5

tetradic

#C5CE38 #38CE8C #4138CE #CE387A

square

#C5CE38 #38CE8C #4138CE #CE387A

split-complementary

#C5CE38 #387ACE #8C38CE

monochromatic

#6B701C #9AA128 #C5CE38 #D3DA69 #E2E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#C5CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE38

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE38	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.165 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc79',
    500: '#c5ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce38;
$custom-light: #dadc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81858,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE38

secondary

#353179

accent

#44E44E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE38

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

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