#C5D338#C5D338

#C5D338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.170 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D338
RGB	rgb(197, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -23.27, 70.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 73.80, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0711 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.17 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0354, 58.7452, 12.6018)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D338 #4638D3

analogous

#D39338 #C5D338 #78D338

triadic

#C5D338 #38C5D3 #D338C5

tetradic

#C5D338 #38D393 #4638D3 #D33878

square

#C5D338 #38D393 #4638D3 #D33878

split-complementary

#C5D338 #3878D3 #9338D3

monochromatic

#6E761A #9DA925 #C5D338 #D4DE6A #E2E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#C5D338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#C5D338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D338

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D338	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.170 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae07a',
    500: '#c5d338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d338;
$custom-light: #dae07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.419,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82954,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D338

secondary

#38307F

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D338

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

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