#C5CE51#C5CE51

#C5CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE51
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -19.40, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 62.44, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0579 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.148 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5836, 56.6079, 16.2555)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE51 #5A51CE

analogous

#CE9951 #C5CE51 #87CE51

triadic

#C5CE51 #51C5CE #CE51C5

tetradic

#C5CE51 #51CE99 #5A51CE #CE5187

square

#C5CE51 #51CE99 #5A51CE #CE5187

split-complementary

#C5CE51 #5187CE #9951CE

monochromatic

#7A8024 #A7B032 #C5CE51 #D5DB81 #E5E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#C5CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE51

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE51	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc87',
    500: '#c5ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce51;
$custom-light: #d9dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82053,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE51

secondary

#413B88

accent

#48DF53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE51

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

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