#C5D249#C5D249

#C5D249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.158 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D249
RGB	rgb(197, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -21.88, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 67.36, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0656 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.158 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2763, 58.4454, 15.0927)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D249 #5649D2

analogous

#D29A49 #C5D249 #81D249

triadic

#C5D249 #49C5D2 #D249C5

tetradic

#C5D249 #49D29A #5649D2 #D24981

square

#C5D249 #49D29A #5649D2 #D24981

split-complementary

#C5D249 #4981D2 #9A49D2

monochromatic

#788120 #A5B22C #C5D249 #D5DE7A #E4EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C5D249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#C5D249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D249

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D249	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.158 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf83',
    500: '#c5d249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d249;
$custom-light: #dadf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82856,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D249

secondary

#3F3788

accent

#44E353

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D249

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

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