#C5C052#C5C052

#C5C052 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C052
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -12.30, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 56.14, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0377 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3999, 50.1801, 15.3806)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C052 #5257C5

analogous

#C58652 #C5C052 #91C552

triadic

#C5C052 #52C5C0 #C052C5

tetradic

#C5C052 #52C586 #5257C5 #C55291

square

#C5C052 #52C586 #5257C5 #C55291

split-complementary

#C5C052 #5291C5 #8652C5

monochromatic

#757227 #A39E37 #C5C052 #D4D180 #E4E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C5C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#C5C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C052

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C052	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d287',
    500: '#c5c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c052;
$custom-light: #d9d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C052

secondary

#3D407E

accent

#55D94E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C052

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

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