#C5DD40#C5DD40

#C5DD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.176 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DD40
RGB	rgb(197, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -27.67, 70.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 75.29, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0826 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.176 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8089, 63.9539, 14.5699)
Luminance	0.6395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DD40 #5840DD

analogous

#DDA640 #C5DD40 #76DD40

triadic

#C5DD40 #40C5DD #DD40C5

tetradic

#C5DD40 #40DDA6 #5840DD #DD4076

square

#C5DD40 #40DDA6 #5840DD #DD4076

split-complementary

#C5DD40 #4076DD #A640DD

monochromatic

#798A19 #A6BE22 #C5DD40 #D5E674 #E5EFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C5DD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#C5DD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DD40

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DD40	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.176 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae77f',
    500: '#c5dd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dd40;
$custom-light: #dae77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85209,
    "c": 0.17631,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DD40

secondary

#403190

accent

#3BED56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DD40

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

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