#C5CE5A#C5CE5A

#C5CE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE5A
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -18.74, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 58.59, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0551 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.14 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9438, 56.7520, 18.1522)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE5A #635ACE

analogous

#CE9D5A #C5CE5A #8BCE5A

triadic

#C5CE5A #5AC5CE #CE5AC5

tetradic

#C5CE5A #5ACE9D #635ACE #CE5A8B

square

#C5CE5A #5ACE9D #635ACE #CE5A8B

split-complementary

#C5CE5A #5A8BCE #9D5ACE

monochromatic

#7F8628 #ABB536 #C5CE5A #D6DC89 #E6EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C5CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE5A

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE5A	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)

#DCC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc8d',
    500: '#c5ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce5a;
$custom-light: #d9dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE5A

secondary

#453F8D

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE5A

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

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