#C5D359#C5D359

#C5D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.147 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D359
RGB	rgb(197, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -21.27, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 61.28, 110.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0623 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.147 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1244, 59.1808, 18.3371)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D359 #6759D3

analogous

#D3A459 #C5D359 #88D359

triadic

#C5D359 #59C5D3 #D359C5

tetradic

#C5D359 #59D3A4 #6759D3 #D35988

square

#C5D359 #59D3A4 #6759D3 #D35988

split-complementary

#C5D359 #5988D3 #A459D3

monochromatic

#818C25 #ADBD32 #C5D359 #D6E089 #E7EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C5D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#C5D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D359

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D359	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.147 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e08c',
    500: '#c5d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d359;
$custom-light: #d9e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83223,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D359

secondary

#473E92

accent

#46E158

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D359

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

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