#C5C366#C5C366

#C5C366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C366
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 48.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -12.19, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 48.17, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0352 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.116 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9404, 51.8610, 20.2106)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C366 #6668C5

analogous

#C59366 #C5C366 #97C566

triadic

#C5C366 #66C5C3 #C366C5

tetradic

#C5C366 #66C593 #6668C5 #C56697

square

#C5C366 #66C593 #6668C5 #C56697

split-complementary

#C5C366 #6697C5 #9366C5

monochromatic

#807E31 #ACAA41 #C5C366 #D6D492 #E7E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C5C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C366

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C366	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d594',
    500: '#c5c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c366;
$custom-light: #d8d594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.737,
    "s": 45.024,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C366

secondary

#474888

accent

#56D553

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C366

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

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