#C5DC45#C5DC45

#C5DC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.172 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DC45
RGB	rgb(197, 220, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -26.93, 67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 73.13, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0801 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.172 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6944, 63.4869, 15.2654)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DC45 #5C45DC

analogous

#DCA845 #C5DC45 #7ADC45

triadic

#C5DC45 #45C5DC #DC45C5

tetradic

#C5DC45 #45DCA8 #5C45DC #DC457A

square

#C5DC45 #45DCA8 #5C45DC #DC457A

split-complementary

#C5DC45 #457ADC #A845DC

monochromatic

#7B8C1A #A8C024 #C5DC45 #D5E679 #E5EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C5DC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#C5DC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DC45

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DC45	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 220, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.172 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae681',
    500: '#c5dc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dc45;
$custom-light: #dae681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.139,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85023,
    "c": 0.17207,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DC45

secondary

#423392

accent

#3DEB57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DC45

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

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