#C5D142#C5D142

#C5D142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.162 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D142
RGB	rgb(197, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -21.80, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 69.57, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0661 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.162 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8111, 57.8655, 13.8564)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D142 #4E42D1

analogous

#D19642 #C5D142 #7ED142

triadic

#C5D142 #42C5D1 #D142C5

tetradic

#C5D142 #42D196 #4E42D1 #D1427E

square

#C5D142 #42D196 #4E42D1 #D1427E

split-complementary

#C5D142 #427ED1 #9642D1

monochromatic

#737B1E #A1AC2A #C5D142 #D4DD73 #E3E9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C5D142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#C5D142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D142

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D142	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.162 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dade7f',
    500: '#c5d142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d142;
$custom-light: #dade7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82582,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D142

secondary

#3B3583

accent

#44E451

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D142

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

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