#C5DD4A#C5DD4A
#C5DD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.170 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5DD4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 221, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 68%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 67%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 13.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.01, -27.11, 66.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.01, 71.76, 112.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.28% -0.0801 0.1498) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.28% 0.17 118.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1194, 64.0781, 16.2052) |
| Luminance | 0.6408 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.80
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.13
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.66
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.82
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.38
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 6.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5DD4A #624ADD
analogous
#DDAB4A #C5DD4A #7BDD4A
triadic
#C5DD4A #4AC5DD #DD4AC5
tetradic
#C5DD4A #4ADDAB #624ADD #DD4A7B
square
#C5DD4A #4ADDAB #624ADD #DD4A7B
split-complementary
#C5DD4A #4A7BDD #AB4ADD
monochromatic
#7E911B #ABC525 #C5DD4A #D6E77E #E6F0B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#C5DD4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.82
#C5DD4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5DD4A
13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5DD4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5DD4A | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.82 | 13.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EBD135
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D255
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D0D1BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5dd4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 221, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.170 118.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dae784',
500: '#c5dd4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5dd4a; $custom-light: #dae784; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5dd4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 221,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.796,
"s": 68.372,
"l": 57.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85282,
"c": 0.16987,
"h": 118.1
},
"luminance": 0.64078
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5DD4A
secondary
#453596
accent
#3DEB59
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15160B
muted
#84847E