#C5CE61#C5CE61

#C5CE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE61
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -18.16, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 55.46, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0527 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.134 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2559, 56.8768, 19.7959)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE61 #6A61CE

analogous

#CEA161 #C5CE61 #8FCE61

triadic

#C5CE61 #61C5CE #CE61C5

tetradic

#C5CE61 #61CEA1 #6A61CE #CE618F

square

#C5CE61 #61CEA1 #6A61CE #CE618F

split-complementary

#C5CE61 #618FCE #A161CE

monochromatic

#828A2B #AEB939 #C5CE61 #D6DC90 #E7EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#C5CE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE61

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE61	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dc91',
    500: '#c5ce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce61;
$custom-light: #d9dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82224,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE61

secondary

#494391

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE61

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

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