#C5D161#C5D161

#C5D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D161
RGB	rgb(197, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -19.65, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 56.85, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0569 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.137 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9850, 58.3350, 20.0389)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D161 #6D61D1

analogous

#D1A561 #C5D161 #8DD161

triadic

#C5D161 #61C5D1 #D161C5

tetradic

#C5D161 #61D1A5 #6D61D1 #D1618D

square

#C5D161 #61D1A5 #6D61D1 #D1618D

split-complementary

#C5D161 #618DD1 #A561D1

monochromatic

#838E29 #AFBE37 #C5D161 #D6DF90 #E8EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C5D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#C5D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D161

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D161	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9df91',
    500: '#c5d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d161;
$custom-light: #d9df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82875,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D161

secondary

#4B4294

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D161

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

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