#C5D940#C5D940

#C5D940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.172 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D940
RGB	rgb(197, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -25.77, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 73.60, 110.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0773 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.172 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7654, 61.8668, 14.2220)
Luminance	0.6187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D940 #5440D9

analogous

#D9A040 #C5D940 #79D940

triadic

#C5D940 #40C5D9 #D940C5

tetradic

#C5D940 #40D9A0 #5440D9 #D94079

square

#C5D940 #40D9A0 #5440D9 #D94079

split-complementary

#C5D940 #4079D9 #A040D9

monochromatic

#76841A #A4B724 #C5D940 #D5E373 #E4EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C5D940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#C5D940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D940

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D940	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.172 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae47e',
    500: '#c5d940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d940;
$custom-light: #dae47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.843,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84326,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D940

secondary

#3E328B

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D940

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

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