#C5C142#C5C142

#C5C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C142
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -13.84, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 63.21, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0438 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.145 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0808, 50.4050, 12.6130)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C142 #4246C5

analogous

#C58042 #C5C142 #88C542

triadic

#C5C142 #42C5C1 #C142C5

tetradic

#C5C142 #42C580 #4246C5 #C54288

square

#C5C142 #42C580 #4246C5 #C54288

split-complementary

#C5C142 #4288C5 #8042C5

monochromatic

#6C6921 #9A972F #C5C142 #D3D071 #E2E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C5C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#C5C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C142

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C142	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad37d',
    500: '#c5c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c142;
$custom-light: #dad37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79107,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C142

secondary

#363875

accent

#50DC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C142

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

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