#C5CE3B#C5CE3B

#C5CE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.163 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE3B
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -20.69, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 70.82, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0636 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.163 113)
XYZ	xyz(45.8881, 56.3297, 12.5923)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE3B #443BCE

analogous

#CE8D3B #C5CE3B #7CCE3B

triadic

#C5CE3B #3BC5CE #CE3BC5

tetradic

#C5CE3B #3BCE8D #443BCE #CE3B7C

square

#C5CE3B #3BCE8D #443BCE #CE3B7C

split-complementary

#C5CE3B #3B7CCE #8D3BCE

monochromatic

#6D721D #9CA329 #C5CE3B #D3DA6C #E2E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C5CE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE3B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE3B	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.163 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7b',
    500: '#c5ce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce3b;
$custom-light: #dadc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81877,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE3B

secondary

#37327B

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE3B

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

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