#C5D642#C5D642

#C5D642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.167 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D642
RGB	rgb(197, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -24.22, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 71.65, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0728 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.167 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0571, 60.3575, 14.2718)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D642 #5342D6

analogous

#D69D42 #C5D642 #7BD642

triadic

#C5D642 #42C5D6 #D642C5

tetradic

#C5D642 #42D69D #5342D6 #D6427B

square

#C5D642 #42D69D #5342D6 #D6427B

split-complementary

#C5D642 #427BD6 #9D42D6

monochromatic

#76821C #A4B427 #C5D642 #D4E174 #E4ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C5D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#C5D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D642

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D642	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)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.167 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae27f',
    500: '#c5d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d642;
$custom-light: #dae27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.892,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83679,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D642

secondary

#3D3488

accent

#40E754

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D642

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

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