#C5D742#C5D742

#C5D742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.168 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D742
RGB	rgb(197, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -24.70, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 72.07, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0742 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.168 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3109, 60.8652, 14.3564)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D742 #5442D7

analogous

#D79E42 #C5D742 #7BD742

triadic

#C5D742 #42C5D7 #D742C5

tetradic

#C5D742 #42D79E #5442D7 #D7427B

square

#C5D742 #42D79E #5442D7 #D7427B

split-complementary

#C5D742 #427BD7 #9E42D7

monochromatic

#76831C #A4B526 #C5D742 #D5E275 #E4ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#C5D742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#C5D742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D742

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D742	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)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.168 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae37f',
    500: '#c5d742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d742;
$custom-light: #dae37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.248,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83899,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D742

secondary

#3E348A

accent

#40E854

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D742

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

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