#C5D242#C5D242

#C5D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.163 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D242
RGB	rgb(197, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -22.29, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 69.98, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0674 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.163 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0572, 58.3577, 13.9385)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D242 #4F42D2

analogous

#D29742 #C5D242 #7DD242

triadic

#C5D242 #42C5D2 #D242C5

tetradic

#C5D242 #42D297 #4F42D2 #D2427D

square

#C5D242 #42D297 #4F42D2 #D2427D

split-complementary

#C5D242 #427DD2 #9742D2

monochromatic

#747C1E #A2AD29 #C5D242 #D4DE73 #E3EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C5D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#C5D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D242

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D242	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)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.163 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf7f',
    500: '#c5d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d242;
$custom-light: #dadf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82801,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D242

secondary

#3C3484

accent

#43E552

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D242

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

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