#C5DD38#C5DD38

#C5DD38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.181 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DD38
RGB	rgb(197, 221, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -28.05, 72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 77.85, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0843 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.181 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5974, 63.8693, 13.4558)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DD38 #5038DD

analogous

#DDA238 #C5DD38 #73DD38

triadic

#C5DD38 #38C5DD #DD38C5

tetradic

#C5DD38 #38DDA2 #5038DD #DD3873

square

#C5DD38 #38DDA2 #5038DD #DD3873

split-complementary

#C5DD38 #3873DD #A238DD

monochromatic

#748417 #A2B81F #C5DD38 #D4E66C #E3EFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C5DD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#C5DD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DD38

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DD38	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD10F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 221, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.181 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae77b',
    500: '#c5dd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dd38;
$custom-light: #dae77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.727,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.1808,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DD38

secondary

#3C2F8B

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DD38

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

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