#C5CE40#C5CE40

#C5CE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.160 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE40
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -20.44, 65.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 69.07, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0625 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.16 113)
XYZ	xyz(46.0240, 56.3841, 13.3083)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE40 #4940CE

analogous

#CE9040 #C5CE40 #7ECE40

triadic

#C5CE40 #40C5CE #CE40C5

tetradic

#C5CE40 #40CE90 #4940CE #CE407E

square

#C5CE40 #40CE90 #4940CE #CE407E

split-complementary

#C5CE40 #407ECE #9040CE

monochromatic

#70751E #9EA62B #C5CE40 #D4DA71 #E3E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C5CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE40

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE40	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.160 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7d',
    500: '#c5ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce40;
$custom-light: #dadc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.803,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81911,
    "c": 0.15996,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE40

secondary

#39347E

accent

#45E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE40

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

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