#C5C440#C5C440

#C5C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.150 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C440
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -15.47, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 65.12, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0486 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.15 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6928, 51.7216, 12.5312)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C440 #4041C5

analogous

#C58140 #C5C440 #83C540

triadic

#C5C440 #40C5C4 #C440C5

tetradic

#C5C440 #40C581 #4041C5 #C54083

square

#C5C440 #40C581 #4041C5 #C54083

split-complementary

#C5C440 #4083C5 #8140C5

monochromatic

#6A6A20 #99982F #C5C440 #D3D36F #E2E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C5C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C440

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C440	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.150 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57c',
    500: '#c5c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c440;
$custom-light: #dad57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C440

secondary

#353574

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C440

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

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