#C5C162#C5C162

#C5C162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.118 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C162
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 50.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -11.53, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 49.20, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0337 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.118 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3016, 50.8933, 19.0426)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C162 #6266C5

analogous

#C58F62 #C5C162 #97C562

triadic

#C5C162 #62C5C1 #C162C5

tetradic

#C5C162 #62C58F #6266C5 #C56297

square

#C5C162 #62C58F #6266C5 #C56297

split-complementary

#C5C162 #6297C5 #8F62C5

monochromatic

#7E7B2F #ABA63F #C5C162 #D6D38F #E6E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C5C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C162

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C162	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.118 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d391',
    500: '#c5c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c162;
$custom-light: #d8d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7944,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C162

secondary

#454786

accent

#57D652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C162

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

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