#C5CE59#C5CE59

#C5CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE59
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -18.81, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 59.03, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0554 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.141 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9015, 56.7351, 17.9295)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE59 #6259CE

analogous

#CE9C59 #C5CE59 #8BCE59

triadic

#C5CE59 #59C5CE #CE59C5

tetradic

#C5CE59 #59CE9C #6259CE #CE598B

square

#C5CE59 #59CE9C #6259CE #CE598B

split-complementary

#C5CE59 #598BCE #9C59CE

monochromatic

#7E8527 #ABB535 #C5CE59 #D6DC88 #E6EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C5CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE59

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE59	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8c',
    500: '#c5ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce59;
$custom-light: #d9dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82134,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE59

secondary

#453F8C

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE59

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

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