#C5D440#C5D440

#C5D440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.166 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D440
RGB	rgb(197, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -23.36, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 71.52, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0706 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.166 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4961, 59.3282, 13.7989)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D440 #4F40D4

analogous

#D49940 #C5D440 #7BD440

triadic

#C5D440 #40C5D4 #D440C5

tetradic

#C5D440 #40D499 #4F40D4 #D4407B

square

#C5D440 #40D499 #4F40D4 #D4407B

split-complementary

#C5D440 #407BD4 #9940D4

monochromatic

#747D1C #A2AF27 #C5D440 #D4DF72 #E3EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#C5D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#C5D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D440

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D440	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae17e',
    500: '#c5d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d440;
$custom-light: #dae17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83226,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D440

secondary

#3C3385

accent

#42E652

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D440

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

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