#C5DB59#C5DB59

#C5DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.156 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DB59
RGB	rgb(197, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -25.15, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 64.95, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0732 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.156 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1615, 63.2551, 19.0162)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DB59 #6F59DB

analogous

#DBB059 #C5DB59 #84DB59

triadic

#C5DB59 #59C5DB #DB59C5

tetradic

#C5DB59 #59DBB0 #6F59DB #DB5984

square

#C5DB59 #59DBB0 #6F59DB #DB5984

split-complementary

#C5DB59 #5984DB #B059DB

monochromatic

#849921 #B0CB2C #C5DB59 #D7E68B #E8F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#C5DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#C5DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DB59

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DB59	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.156 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9e68d',
    500: '#c5db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5db59;
$custom-light: #d9e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.154,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84975,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DB59

secondary

#4C3B9D

accent

#19CC38

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DB59

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

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