#C5D640#C5D640

#C5D640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.169 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D640
RGB	rgb(197, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -24.33, 68.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 72.35, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0733 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.169 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9992, 60.3343, 13.9666)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D640 #5140D6

analogous

#D69C40 #C5D640 #7AD640

triadic

#C5D640 #40C5D6 #D640C5

tetradic

#C5D640 #40D69C #5140D6 #D6407A

square

#C5D640 #40D69C #5140D6 #D6407A

split-complementary

#C5D640 #407AD6 #9C40D6

monochromatic

#75801B #A3B226 #C5D640 #D4E172 #E4ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C5D640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#C5D640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D640

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D640	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.169 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae27e',
    500: '#c5d640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d640;
$custom-light: #dae27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83665,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D640

secondary

#3D3387

accent

#40E853

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D640

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

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