#C5DC49#C5DC49

#C5DC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.169 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DC49
RGB	rgb(197, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -26.70, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 71.69, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0791 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.169 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8228, 63.5382, 15.9415)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DC49 #6049DC

analogous

#DCAA49 #C5DC49 #7BDC49

triadic

#C5DC49 #49C5DC #DC49C5

tetradic

#C5DC49 #49DCAA #6049DC #DC497B

square

#C5DC49 #49DCAA #6049DC #DC497B

split-complementary

#C5DC49 #497BDC #AA49DC

monochromatic

#7D8F1C #AAC225 #C5DC49 #D5E67C #E6F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C5DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#C5DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DC49

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DC49	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.169 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae684',
    500: '#c5dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dc49;
$custom-light: #dae684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.388,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85053,
    "c": 0.16942,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DC49

secondary

#443594

accent

#3DEB58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DC49

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

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