#C5CE69#C5CE69

#C5CE69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.126 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE69
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 105)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 49%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -17.45, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 51.78, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0499 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.126 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6479, 57.0336, 21.8604)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE69 #7269CE

analogous

#CEA469 #C5CE69 #92CE69

triadic

#C5CE69 #69C5CE #CE69C5

tetradic

#C5CE69 #69CEA4 #7269CE #CE6992

square

#C5CE69 #69CEA4 #7269CE #CE6992

split-complementary

#C5CE69 #6992CE #A469CE

monochromatic

#868E2E #B1BC3E #C5CE69 #D7DD97 #E9ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C5CE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#C5CE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE69

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE69	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.126 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc96',
    500: '#c5ce69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce69;
$custom-light: #d8dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.347,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82323,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE69

secondary

#4E4795

accent

#27BE35

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE69

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

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