#C5D937#C5D937

#C5D937 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.177 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D937
RGB	rgb(197, 217, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -26.20, 71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 76.52, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0793 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.177 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5297, 61.7725, 12.9805)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D937 #4B37D9

analogous

#D99C37 #C5D937 #74D937

triadic

#C5D937 #37C5D9 #D937C5

tetradic

#C5D937 #37D99C #4B37D9 #D93774

square

#C5D937 #37D99C #4B37D9 #D93774

split-complementary

#C5D937 #3774D9 #9C37D9

monochromatic

#717E18 #9FB122 #C5D937 #D4E36A #E3ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C5D937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#C5D937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D937

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D937	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 217, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.177 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae47a',
    500: '#c5d937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d937;
$custom-light: #dae47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.407,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8427,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D937

secondary

#3A2F85

accent

#3DEB52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D937

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

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