#C5C245#C5C245

#C5C245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.144 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C245
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -14.17, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 62.41, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0444 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3934, 50.8849, 13.1650)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C245 #4548C5

analogous

#C58245 #C5C245 #88C545

triadic

#C5C245 #45C5C2 #C245C5

tetradic

#C5C245 #45C582 #4548C5 #C54588

square

#C5C245 #45C582 #4548C5 #C54588

split-complementary

#C5C245 #4588C5 #8245C5

monochromatic

#6D6C22 #9C9A31 #C5C245 #D4D174 #E2E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C5C245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C245

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C245	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)

#D1BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47f',
    500: '#c5c245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c245;
$custom-light: #dad47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C245

secondary

#373977

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C245

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

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