#C5CE55#C5CE55

#C5CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE55
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -19.11, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 60.75, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0566 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.144 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7381, 56.6697, 17.0688)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE55 #5E55CE

analogous

#CE9B55 #C5CE55 #89CE55

triadic

#C5CE55 #55C5CE #CE55C5

tetradic

#C5CE55 #55CE9B #5E55CE #CE5589

square

#C5CE55 #55CE9B #5E55CE #CE5589

split-complementary

#C5CE55 #5589CE #9B55CE

monochromatic

#7C8326 #A9B233 #C5CE55 #D5DC85 #E5E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#C5CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE55

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE55	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc89',
    500: '#c5ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce55;
$custom-light: #d9dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82093,
    "c": 0.14434,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE55

secondary

#433D8A

accent

#49DF54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE55

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

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