#C5CE42#C5CE42

#C5CE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.159 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE42
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -20.33, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 68.34, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.062 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.159 113)
XYZ	xyz(46.0820, 56.4073, 13.6134)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE42 #4B42CE

analogous

#CE9142 #C5CE42 #7FCE42

triadic

#C5CE42 #42C5CE #CE42C5

tetradic

#C5CE42 #42CE91 #4B42CE #CE427F

square

#C5CE42 #42CE91 #4B42CE #CE427F

split-complementary

#C5CE42 #427FCE #9142CE

monochromatic

#71771F #9FA72B #C5CE42 #D4DB73 #E3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#C5CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE42

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE42	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)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.159 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc7e',
    500: '#c5ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce42;
$custom-light: #dadc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81926,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE42

secondary

#3A357F

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE42

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

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