#C5CE45#C5CE45

#C5CE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.157 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE45
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 66.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -20.16, 64.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 67.22, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0612 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.157 113)
XYZ	xyz(46.1727, 56.4436, 14.0915)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE45 #4E45CE

analogous

#CE9345 #C5CE45 #81CE45

triadic

#C5CE45 #45C5CE #CE45C5

tetradic

#C5CE45 #45CE93 #4E45CE #CE4581

square

#C5CE45 #45CE93 #4E45CE #CE4581

split-complementary

#C5CE45 #4581CE #9345CE

monochromatic

#737920 #A1A92D #C5CE45 #D4DB75 #E3E8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C5CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#C5CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE45

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE45	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.157 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc80',
    500: '#c5ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce45;
$custom-light: #dadc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.942,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81949,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.56443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE45

secondary

#3B3681

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE45

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

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