#C5C045#C5C045

#C5C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.142 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C045
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -13.16, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 61.64, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0415 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.142 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.9513, 50.0007, 13.0177)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C045 #454AC5

analogous

#C58045 #C5C045 #8AC545

triadic

#C5C045 #45C5C0 #C045C5

tetradic

#C5C045 #45C580 #454AC5 #C5458A

square

#C5C045 #45C580 #454AC5 #C5458A

split-complementary

#C5C045 #458AC5 #8045C5

monochromatic

#6D6B22 #9C9831 #C5C045 #D4D074 #E2E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C5C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C045

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C045	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)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.142 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27f',
    500: '#c5c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c045;
$custom-light: #dad27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78917,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C045

secondary

#9799CF

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C045

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

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