Recognised as Colour

#C5DC39

#C5DC39
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#C5DC39 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 220, 57 and HSL 68°, 70%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#C5DC39

RGBrgb(197, 220, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.8627, 0.2235

RGB percentages77.3%, 86.3%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(68.5, 70%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.5, 74.1%, 86.3%)

CMYK10.5%, 0%, 74.1%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,966,969

CSS custom property--colour: #C5DC39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.67:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#3A23C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD013no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D147no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D1D0BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 13.8 Yellow · ΔE 26.9 Green yellow · ΔE 28.1 Gold · ΔE 29.9 Khaki · ΔE 33.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 13.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#5039DC

Analogous#DCA239, #74DC39

Triadic#39C5DC, #DC39C5

Split complementary#3973DC, #A239DC

Tetradic#39DCA2, #5039DC, #DC3973

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F8FBE6

Lighter +30%#EBF3BB

Lighter +20%#DEEB90

Lighter +10%#D2E464

Darker −10%#AAC022

Darker −20%#83951A

Darker −30%#5D6913

Darker −40%#373E0B

More saturated +25%#DAF91C

Less saturated −25%#B0BF56

Channel breakdown

R197

G220

B57

Red197 (77.3%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue68.47°

Saturation (HSL)69.96%

Lightness54.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR C5 · G DC · B 39

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