#C5CF40#C5CF40

#C5CF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.161 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CF40
RGB	rgb(197, 207, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -20.93, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 69.47, 107.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0638 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.161 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2655, 56.8671, 13.3888)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CF40 #4A40CF

analogous

#CF9140 #C5CF40 #7DCF40

triadic

#C5CF40 #40C5CF #CF40C5

tetradic

#C5CF40 #40CF91 #4A40CF #CF407D

square

#C5CF40 #40CF91 #4A40CF #CF407D

split-complementary

#C5CF40 #407DCF #9140CF

monochromatic

#71771E #9FA82A #C5CF40 #D4DB71 #E3E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#C5CF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CF40

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CF40	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 207, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.161 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadd7e',
    500: '#c5cf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cf40;
$custom-light: #dadd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8213,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CF40

secondary

#39347F

accent

#45E350

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CF40

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

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