#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
RGBrgb(197, 217, 66)
HSLhsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(68, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(9.2%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(82.85, -25.66, 68.24)
CIE-LCHlch(82.85, 72.91, 110.61°)
OKLaboklab(84.34% -0.0768 0.1524)
OKLCHoklch(84.34% 0.171 116.8)
XYZxyz(48.8233, 61.8900, 14.5272)
Luminance0.6189 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C5D9421.001.5713.3813.38
#FFFFFF1.571.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3821.001.001.00
##00000013.3821.001.001.00

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

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#C5D942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva