#C5DD42#C5DD42

#C5DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.175 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5DD42
RGB	rgb(197, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -27.57, 69.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 74.61, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0821 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.175 118)
XYZ	xyz(49.8669, 63.9770, 14.8750)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5DD42 #5A42DD

analogous

#DDA842 #C5DD42 #78DD42

triadic

#C5DD42 #42C5DD #DD42C5

tetradic

#C5DD42 #42DDA8 #5A42DD #DD4278

square

#C5DD42 #42DDA8 #5A42DD #DD4278

split-complementary

#C5DD42 #4278DD #A842DD

monochromatic

#7A8C19 #A7BF22 #C5DD42 #D5E676 #E5F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C5DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#C5DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5DD42

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5DD42	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.175 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dae780',
    500: '#c5dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5dd42;
$custom-light: #dae780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.29,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85223,
    "c": 0.1751,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.63977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5DD42

secondary

#413291

accent

#3BEC57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5DD42

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

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