#C5C242#C5C242

#C5C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C242
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -14.35, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 63.59, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0452 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(43.3026, 50.8486, 12.6869)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C242 #4245C5

analogous

#C58142 #C5C242 #87C542

triadic

#C5C242 #42C5C2 #C242C5

tetradic

#C5C242 #42C581 #4245C5 #C54287

square

#C5C242 #42C581 #4245C5 #C54287

split-complementary

#C5C242 #4287C5 #8142C5

monochromatic

#6C6A21 #9A982F #C5C242 #D3D171 #E2E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C5C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C242

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C242	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47d',
    500: '#c5c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c242;
$custom-light: #dad47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.14626,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.50847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C242

secondary

#363775

accent

#4FDC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C242

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

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