#C5C244#C5C244

#C5C244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.145 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C244
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -14.23, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 62.80, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0447 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.145 108)
XYZ	xyz(43.3626, 50.8726, 13.0029)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C244 #4447C5

analogous

#C58244 #C5C244 #87C544

triadic

#C5C244 #44C5C2 #C244C5

tetradic

#C5C244 #44C582 #4447C5 #C54487

square

#C5C244 #44C582 #4447C5 #C54487

split-complementary

#C5C244 #4487C5 #8244C5

monochromatic

#6D6B22 #9C9930 #C5C244 #D3D173 #E2E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C5C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C244

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C244	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)

#D1BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.145 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47f',
    500: '#c5c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c244;
$custom-light: #dad47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.50871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C244

secondary

#373877

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C244

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

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