#C5C262#C5C262

#C5C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C262
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 50.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -12.04, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 49.63, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0352 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.119 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5234, 51.3369, 19.1166)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C262 #6265C5

analogous

#C59062 #C5C262 #96C562

triadic

#C5C262 #62C5C2 #C262C5

tetradic

#C5C262 #62C590 #6265C5 #C56296

square

#C5C262 #62C590 #6265C5 #C56296

split-complementary

#C5C262 #6296C5 #9062C5

monochromatic

#7E7C2F #ABA73F #C5C262 #D6D38F #E6E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#C5C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C262

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C262	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d491',
    500: '#c5c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c262;
$custom-light: #d8d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79653,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C262

secondary

#454786

accent

#56D652

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C262

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

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