#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
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -13.22, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 62.04, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0418 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.143 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.9205, 49.9884, 12.8556)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C5C044	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C5C044

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

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