#C5D740#C5D740

#C5D740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.170 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D740
RGB	rgb(197, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -24.81, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 72.76, 109.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0747 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.17 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2530, 60.8421, 14.0512)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D740 #5240D7

analogous

#D79D40 #C5D740 #7AD740

triadic

#C5D740 #40C5D7 #D740C5

tetradic

#C5D740 #40D79D #5240D7 #D7407A

square

#C5D740 #40D79D #5240D7 #D7407A

split-complementary

#C5D740 #407AD7 #9D40D7

monochromatic

#75811B #A3B426 #C5D740 #D4E273 #E4ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C5D740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#C5D740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D740

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D740	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.170 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae37e',
    500: '#c5d740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d740;
$custom-light: #dae37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.152,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83885,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D740

secondary

#3D3388

accent

#3FE854

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D740

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

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