#C5D240#C5D240

#C5D240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.164 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D240
RGB	rgb(197, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -22.39, 67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 70.69, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0679 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.164 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9993, 58.3345, 13.6333)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D240 #4D40D2

analogous

#D29640 #C5D240 #7CD240

triadic

#C5D240 #40C5D2 #D240C5

tetradic

#C5D240 #40D296 #4D40D2 #D2407C

square

#C5D240 #40D296 #4D40D2 #D2407C

split-complementary

#C5D240 #407CD2 #9640D2

monochromatic

#727B1D #A1AC29 #C5D240 #D4DE72 #E3E9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C5D240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#C5D240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D240

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D240	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)

#E1C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.164 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf7e',
    500: '#c5d240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d240;
$custom-light: #dadf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82787,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D240

secondary

#3B3483

accent

#43E551

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D240

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

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