#C5C044#C5C044

#C5C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.143 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5C044
RGBrgb(197, 192, 68)
HSLhsl(58, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(58, 65%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.06, -13.22, 60.61)
CIE-LCHlch(76.06, 62.04, 102.30°)
OKLaboklab(78.91% -0.0418 0.1366)
OKLCHoklch(78.91% 0.143 107)
XYZxyz(42.9205, 49.9884, 12.8556)
Luminance0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5C044 #4449C5
analogous
#C57F44 #C5C044 #8AC544
triadic
#C5C044 #44C5C0 #C044C5
tetradic
#C5C044 #44C57F #4449C5 #C5448A
square
#C5C044 #44C57F #4449C5 #C5448A
split-complementary
#C5C044 #448AC5 #7F44C5
monochromatic
#6D6A22 #9C9730 #C5C044 #D3D073 #E2DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#C5C044 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00
#C5C044 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C044
11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5C044#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5C0441.001.9111.0011.00
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0021.001.001.00
##00000011.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B933
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3B4A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.143 107.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27e',
    500: '#c5c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5c044;
$custom-light: #dad27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78909,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5C044
secondary
#9698CF
accent
#51DC4C
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9EF
border
#D4D2CA
text
#15140A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

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#C5C044 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva