#C5D65E#C5D65E

#C5D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.146 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D65E
RGB	rgb(197, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 56.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -22.34, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 60.51, 111.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0648 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.146 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0937, 60.7722, 19.7315)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D65E #6F5ED6

analogous

#D6AB5E #C5D65E #89D65E

triadic

#C5D65E #5EC5D6 #D65EC5

tetradic

#C5D65E #5ED6AB #6F5ED6 #D65E89

square

#C5D65E #5ED6AB #6F5ED6 #D65E89

split-complementary

#C5D65E #5E89D6 #AB5ED6

monochromatic

#849426 #B0C532 #C5D65E #D7E28F #E8EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C5D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C5D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D65E

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D65E	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.146 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e290',
    500: '#c5d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d65e;
$custom-light: #d9e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83931,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D65E

secondary

#4C3F99

accent

#1EC736

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D65E

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

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