#C5D42F#C5D42F

#C5D42F 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	#C5D42F
RGB	rgb(197, 212, 47)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 77.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -24.12, 73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 76.89, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0742 0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.176 115)
XYZ	xyz(47.0839, 59.1634, 11.6281)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D42F #3E2FD4

analogous

#D4912F #C5D42F #72D42F

triadic

#C5D42F #2FC5D4 #D42FC5

tetradic

#C5D42F #2FD491 #3E2FD4 #D42F72

square

#C5D42F #2FD491 #3E2FD4 #D42F72

split-complementary

#C5D42F #2F72D4 #912FD4

monochromatic

#697117 #98A422 #C5D42F #D3DE62 #E1E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C5D42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#C5D42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D42F

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D42F	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)

#E3CB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 212, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.176 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe176',
    500: '#c5d42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d42f;
$custom-light: #dbe176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83124,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.59163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D42F

secondary

#342D7A

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D42F

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

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