#C5D542#C5D542

#C5D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.166 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D542
RGB	rgb(197, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -23.74, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 71.23, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0715 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.166 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8048, 59.8529, 14.1877)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D542 #5242D5

analogous

#D59C42 #C5D542 #7BD542

triadic

#C5D542 #42C5D5 #D542C5

tetradic

#C5D542 #42D59C #5242D5 #D5427B

square

#C5D542 #42D59C #5242D5 #D5427B

split-complementary

#C5D542 #427BD5 #9C42D5

monochromatic

#75801C #A3B228 #C5D542 #D4E074 #E4EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#C5D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D542

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D542	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.166 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae17f',
    500: '#c5d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d542;
$custom-light: #dae17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83459,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D542

secondary

#3D3487

accent

#41E753

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D542

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

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