#C5D042#C5D042

#C5D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.161 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D042
RGB	rgb(197, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -21.31, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 69.15, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0647 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.161 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5665, 57.3763, 13.7749)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D042 #4D42D0

analogous

#D09442 #C5D042 #7ED042

triadic

#C5D042 #42C5D0 #D042C5

tetradic

#C5D042 #42D094 #4D42D0 #D0427E

square

#C5D042 #42D094 #4D42D0 #D0427E

split-complementary

#C5D042 #427ED0 #9442D0

monochromatic

#72791E #A0AA2A #C5D042 #D4DC73 #E3E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C5D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#C5D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D042

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D042	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.161 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dade7f',
    500: '#c5d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d042;
$custom-light: #dade7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.648,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82363,
    "c": 0.16079,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D042

secondary

#3B3581

accent

#44E351

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D042

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

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