#C5C042#C5C042

#C5C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C042
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -13.33, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 62.83, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0423 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8605, 49.9644, 12.5396)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C042 #4247C5

analogous

#C57F42 #C5C042 #89C542

triadic

#C5C042 #42C5C0 #C042C5

tetradic

#C5C042 #42C57F #4247C5 #C54289

square

#C5C042 #42C57F #4247C5 #C54289

split-complementary

#C5C042 #4289C5 #7F42C5

monochromatic

#6C6921 #9A962F #C5C042 #D3D071 #E2DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C5C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C042

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C042	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27d',
    500: '#c5c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c042;
$custom-light: #dad27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78892,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C042

secondary

#9597CE

accent

#51DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C042

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

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