#C5D942#C5D942

#C5D942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.171 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D942
RGB	rgb(197, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -25.66, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 72.91, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0768 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.171 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8233, 61.8900, 14.5272)
Luminance	0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D942 #5642D9

analogous

#D9A142 #C5D942 #79D942

triadic

#C5D942 #42C5D9 #D942C5

tetradic

#C5D942 #42D9A1 #5642D9 #D94279

square

#C5D942 #42D9A1 #5642D9 #D94279

split-complementary

#C5D942 #4279D9 #A142D9

monochromatic

#78861B #A5B925 #C5D942 #D5E375 #E4EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C5D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#C5D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D942

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D942	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.171 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae480',
    500: '#c5d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d942;
$custom-light: #dae480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.947,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8434,
    "c": 0.17064,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D942

secondary

#3F338C

accent

#3EE955

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D942

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

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