#C5D549#C5D549

#C5D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.162 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D549
RGB	rgb(197, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -23.34, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 68.65, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0697 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.162 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0239, 59.9406, 15.3419)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D549 #5949D5

analogous

#D59F49 #C5D549 #7FD549

triadic

#C5D549 #49C5D5 #D549C5

tetradic

#C5D549 #49D59F #5949D5 #D5497F

square

#C5D549 #49D59F #5949D5 #D5497F

split-complementary

#C5D549 #497FD5 #9F49D5

monochromatic

#79851F #A7B72A #C5D549 #D5E07B #E5ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C5D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#C5D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D549

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D549	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.162 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae183',
    500: '#c5d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d549;
$custom-light: #dae183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83513,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D549

secondary

#40378C

accent

#42E655

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D549

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

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