#C5CE65#C5CE65

#C5CE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.130 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE65
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -17.82, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 53.64, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0514 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.13 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4471, 56.9533, 20.8030)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE65 #6E65CE

analogous

#CEA365 #C5CE65 #90CE65

triadic

#C5CE65 #65C5CE #CE65C5

tetradic

#C5CE65 #65CEA3 #6E65CE #CE6590

square

#C5CE65 #65CEA3 #6E65CE #CE6590

split-complementary

#C5CE65 #6590CE #A365CE

monochromatic

#848C2D #B0BA3B #C5CE65 #D6DD93 #E8ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C5CE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#C5CE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE65

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE65	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.130 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc94',
    500: '#c5ce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce65;
$custom-light: #d8dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE65

secondary

#4B4593

accent

#26BF33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE65

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

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