#C5CE56#C5CE56

#C5CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE56
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -19.04, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 60.32, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0563 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.144 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7781, 56.6857, 17.2795)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE56 #5F56CE

analogous

#CE9B56 #C5CE56 #89CE56

triadic

#C5CE56 #56C5CE #CE56C5

tetradic

#C5CE56 #56CE9B #5F56CE #CE5689

square

#C5CE56 #56CE9B #5F56CE #CE5689

split-complementary

#C5CE56 #5689CE #9B56CE

monochromatic

#7C8326 #A9B334 #C5CE56 #D5DC85 #E6EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#C5CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE56

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE56	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8a',
    500: '#c5ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce56;
$custom-light: #d9dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82103,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE56

secondary

#433E8B

accent

#49DE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE56

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

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