#C5D738#C5D738

#C5D738 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.174 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D738
RGB	rgb(197, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -25.20, 71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 75.40, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0764 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.174 116)
XYZ	xyz(48.0415, 60.7574, 12.9372)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D738 #4A38D7

analogous

#D79938 #C5D738 #76D738

triadic

#C5D738 #38C5D7 #D738C5

tetradic

#C5D738 #38D799 #4A38D7 #D73876

square

#C5D738 #38D799 #4A38D7 #D73876

split-complementary

#C5D738 #3876D7 #9938D7

monochromatic

#717C19 #9FAF23 #C5D738 #D4E16B #E3EB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#C5D738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#C5D738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D738

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D738	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)

#E6CC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.174 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae37a',
    500: '#c5d738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d738;
$custom-light: #dae37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83834,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.60757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D738

secondary

#393083

accent

#3EE952

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D738

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

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