#C5CF59#C5CF59

#C5CF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CF59
RGB	rgb(197, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -19.31, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 59.47, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0568 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.142 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1430, 57.2181, 18.0100)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CF59 #6359CF

analogous

#CF9E59 #C5CF59 #8ACF59

triadic

#C5CF59 #59C5CF #CF59C5

tetradic

#C5CF59 #59CF9E #6359CF #CF598A

square

#C5CF59 #59CF9E #6359CF #CF598A

split-complementary

#C5CF59 #598ACF #9E59CF

monochromatic

#7F8727 #ABB635 #C5CF59 #D6DD88 #E6EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C5CF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#C5CF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CF59

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CF59	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9dd8c',
    500: '#c5cf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cf59;
$custom-light: #d9dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82351,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CF59

secondary

#453F8E

accent

#49DE56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CF59

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

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