#c5d557

Color #c5d557

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 18.19 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c5d557

RGB

rgb(197, 213, 87)

HSL

hsl(67.6, 60%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.6, 59.2%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(81.92, -22.4, 58.92)

LCH

lch(81.92, 63.03, 110.82)

OKLCH

oklch(83.6%, 0.1508, 115.83)

HWB

hwb(67.6, 34.1%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6757d5

Analogous

#d5a657

#c5d557

#86d557

Triadic

#c5d557

#57c5d5

#d557c5

Split-complementary

#c5d557

#5786d5

#a657d5

Tetradic

#c5d557

#57d567

#6757d5

#d557c5

Square

#c5d557

#57d5a6

#6757d5

#d55786

Shades

Color #c5d557 mixed toward black.

#b5c832

#91a028

#6d781e

#485014

#24280a

Tints

Color #c5d557 mixed toward white.

#cfdc73

#d8e38f

#e2eaab

#ecf1c7

#f5f8e3

Tones

Color #c5d557 mixed toward gray.

#bdca61

#b5c06c

#adb576

#a6ab81

#9ea08b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cccc85 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#cbca8d · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#c69ea3 · ΔE 40.7

Achromatopsia

#cccccc · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5d557;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5d557]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c5d557 (#c5d557) is rgb(197, 213, 87) in RGB.

No, #c5d557 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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