#C5D938#C5D938

#C5D938 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.176 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D938
RGB	rgb(197, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -26.15, 71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 76.21, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0791 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.176 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5539, 61.7822, 13.1080)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D938 #4C38D9

analogous

#D99C38 #C5D938 #75D938

triadic

#C5D938 #38C5D9 #D938C5

tetradic

#C5D938 #38D99C #4C38D9 #D93875

square

#C5D938 #38D99C #4C38D9 #D93875

split-complementary

#C5D938 #3875D9 #9C38D9

monochromatic

#727E18 #A0B222 #C5D938 #D4E36B #E3ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C5D938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#C5D938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D938

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D938	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.176 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae47b',
    500: '#c5d938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d938;
$custom-light: #dae47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.453,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84275,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D938

secondary

#3A3086

accent

#3DEB53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D938

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

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