#C5CF55#C5CF55

#C5CF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CF55
RGB	rgb(197, 207, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 58.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -19.61, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 61.19, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.058 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.145 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9796, 57.1527, 17.1493)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CF55 #5F55CF

analogous

#CF9C55 #C5CF55 #88CF55

triadic

#C5CF55 #55C5CF #CF55C5

tetradic

#C5CF55 #55CF9C #5F55CF #CF5588

square

#C5CF55 #55CF9C #5F55CF #CF5588

split-complementary

#C5CF55 #5588CF #9C55CF

monochromatic

#7C8425 #A9B433 #C5CF55 #D5DC85 #E6EAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C5CF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#C5CF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CF55

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CF55	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 207, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dd8a',
    500: '#c5cf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cf55;
$custom-light: #d9dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8231,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CF55

secondary

#433D8B

accent

#49DF55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CF55

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

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