#C5C144#C5C144
#C5C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.144 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5C144 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 193, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 53%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 65%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.5%, 22.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.33, -13.73, 60.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.33, 62.42, 102.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.12% -0.0432 0.1372) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.12% 0.144 107.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.1408, 50.4290, 12.9290) |
| Luminance | 0.5043 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.54
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 3.80
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.39
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.51
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 5.06
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5C144 #4448C5
analogous
#C58144 #C5C144 #88C544
triadic
#C5C144 #44C5C1 #C144C5
tetradic
#C5C144 #44C581 #4448C5 #C54488
square
#C5C144 #44C581 #4448C5 #C54488
split-complementary
#C5C144 #4488C5 #8144C5
monochromatic
#6D6B22 #9C9830 #C5C144 #D3D073 #E2E0A1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.89
#C5C144 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.09
#C5C144 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5C144
11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5C144 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5C144 | 1.00 | 1.89 | 11.09 | 11.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.89 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3B5A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5c144; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.144 107.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dad37e',
500: '#c5c144',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5c144; $custom-light: #dad37e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5c144",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 193,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.14,
"s": 52.653,
"l": 51.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79124,
"c": 0.14384,
"h": 107.5
},
"luminance": 0.50428
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5C144
secondary
#373977
accent
#50DC4C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D