#C5DC42#C5DC42

#C5DC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.174 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DC42
RGB	rgb(197, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -27.09, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 74.18, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0808 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.174 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6036, 63.4506, 14.7873)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DC42 #5942DC

analogous

#DCA642 #C5DC42 #78DC42

triadic

#C5DC42 #42C5DC #DC42C5

tetradic

#C5DC42 #42DCA6 #5942DC #DC4278

square

#C5DC42 #42DCA6 #5942DC #DC4278

split-complementary

#C5DC42 #4278DC #A642DC

monochromatic

#798A1A #A7BE23 #C5DC42 #D5E676 #E5EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C5DC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#C5DC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DC42

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DC42	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.174 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae680',
    500: '#c5dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dc42;
$custom-light: #dae680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85002,
    "c": 0.17398,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DC42

secondary

#403290

accent

#3CEC56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DC42

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

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