#C5D238#C5D238

#C5D238 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.169 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D238
RGB	rgb(197, 210, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -22.78, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 73.40, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0697 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.169 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7877, 58.2499, 12.5193)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D238 #4538D2

analogous

#D29238 #C5D238 #78D238

triadic

#C5D238 #38C5D2 #D238C5

tetradic

#C5D238 #38D292 #4538D2 #D23878

square

#C5D238 #38D292 #4538D2 #D23878

split-complementary

#C5D238 #3878D2 #9238D2

monochromatic

#6D751A #9CA726 #C5D238 #D4DD6A #E2E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C5D238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#C5D238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D238

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D238	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.169 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf7a',
    500: '#c5d238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d238;
$custom-light: #dadf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82734,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D238

secondary

#37317E

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D238

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

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