#C5C441#C5C441

#C5C441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.149 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C441
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -15.41, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 64.74, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0483 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.149 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7215, 51.7331, 12.6824)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C441 #4142C5

analogous

#C58241 #C5C441 #84C541

triadic

#C5C441 #41C5C4 #C441C5

tetradic

#C5C441 #41C582 #4142C5 #C54184

square

#C5C441 #41C582 #4142C5 #C54184

split-complementary

#C5C441 #4184C5 #8241C5

monochromatic

#6B6A21 #9A992F #C5C441 #D3D370 #E2E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C5C441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C441

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C441	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.149 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57d',
    500: '#c5c441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c441;
$custom-light: #dad57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C441

secondary

#353675

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C441

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

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