#C5D423#C5D423

#C5D423 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.181 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D423
RGB	rgb(197, 212, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -24.51, 76.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 79.89, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.076 0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.181 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8743, 59.0795, 10.5240)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D423 #3223D4

analogous

#D48A23 #C5D423 #6CD423

triadic

#C5D423 #23C5D4 #D423C5

tetradic

#C5D423 #23D48A #3223D4 #D4236C

square

#C5D423 #23D48A #3223D4 #D4236C

split-complementary

#C5D423 #236CD4 #8A23D4

monochromatic

#636B12 #949F1A #C5D423 #D6E252 #E3EB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C5D423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#C5D423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D423

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D423	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 212, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.181 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe171',
    500: '#c5d423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d423;
$custom-light: #dbe171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.085,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83073,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D423

secondary

#2D2775

accent

#39EE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D423

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

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