#C5D256#C5D256

#C5D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.148 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D256
RGB	rgb(197, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -21.01, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 62.10, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0619 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.148 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7533, 58.6361, 17.6046)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D256 #6356D2

analogous

#D2A156 #C5D256 #87D256

triadic

#C5D256 #56C5D2 #D256C5

tetradic

#C5D256 #56D2A1 #6356D2 #D25687

square

#C5D256 #56D2A1 #6356D2 #D25687

split-complementary

#C5D256 #5687D2 #A156D2

monochromatic

#7F8925 #ABB931 #C5D256 #D6DF86 #E6ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C5D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#C5D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D256

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D256	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.148 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9df8a',
    500: '#c5d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d256;
$custom-light: #d9df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.29,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82974,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D256

secondary

#453D90

accent

#47E157

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D256

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

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