#C5D342#C5D342

#C5D342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.164 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D342
RGB	rgb(197, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -22.77, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 70.39, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0688 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.164 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3048, 58.8530, 14.0210)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D342 #5042D3

analogous

#D39942 #C5D342 #7DD342

triadic

#C5D342 #42C5D3 #D342C5

tetradic

#C5D342 #42D399 #5042D3 #D3427D

square

#C5D342 #42D399 #5042D3 #D3427D

split-complementary

#C5D342 #427DD3 #9942D3

monochromatic

#747D1D #A2AF29 #C5D342 #D4DF74 #E3EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C5D342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#C5D342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D342

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D342	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.164 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae07f',
    500: '#c5d342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d342;
$custom-light: #dae07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8302,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D342

secondary

#3C3485

accent

#42E552

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D342

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

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