#C5D42E#C5D42E

#C5D42E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.176 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D42E
RGB	rgb(197, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -24.16, 73.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 77.17, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0743 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.176 115)
XYZ	xyz(47.0640, 59.1554, 11.5231)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D42E #3D2ED4

analogous

#D4902E #C5D42E #72D42E

triadic

#C5D42E #2EC5D4 #D42EC5

tetradic

#C5D42E #2ED490 #3D2ED4 #D42E72

square

#C5D42E #2ED490 #3D2ED4 #D42E72

split-complementary

#C5D42E #2E72D4 #902ED4

monochromatic

#687017 #98A322 #C5D42E #D3DE61 #E1E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C5D42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#C5D42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D42E

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D42E	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.176 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe176',
    500: '#c5d42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d42e;
$custom-light: #dbe176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.422,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83119,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.59155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D42E

secondary

#342D79

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D42E

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

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