#C5CE99#C5CE99

#C5CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.071 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CE99
RGB	rgb(197, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(70, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -11.83, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 28.03, 114.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.031 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.071 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8467, 58.3132, 38.7077)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CE99 #A299CE

analogous

#CEBC99 #C5CE99 #AACE99

triadic

#C5CE99 #99C5CE #CE99C5

tetradic

#C5CE99 #99CEBC #A299CE #CE99AA

square

#C5CE99 #99CEBC #A299CE #CE99AA

split-complementary

#C5CE99 #99AACE #BC99CE

monochromatic

#92A04D #ADBA70 #C5CE99 #DDE2C2 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C5CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#C5CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CE99

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CE99	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.071 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ddb7',
    500: '#c5ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ce99;
$custom-light: #d7ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.189,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83124,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CE99

secondary

#7268A3

accent

#38AE4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CE99

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

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