#C5D949#C5D949

#C5D949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.166 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5D949
RGB	rgb(197, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -25.27, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 70.38, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0751 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.166 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0425, 61.9777, 15.6814)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5D949 #5D49D9

analogous

#D9A549 #C5D949 #7DD949

triadic

#C5D949 #49C5D9 #D949C5

tetradic

#C5D949 #49D9A5 #5D49D9 #D9497D

square

#C5D949 #49D9A5 #5D49D9 #D9497D

split-complementary

#C5D949 #497DD9 #A549D9

monochromatic

#7B8B1D #A8BD28 #C5D949 #D5E47C #E5EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C5D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#C5D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5D949

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5D949	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.166 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae483',
    500: '#c5d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5d949;
$custom-light: #dae483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84392,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5D949

secondary

#423691

accent

#3FE857

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5D949

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

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