#C5C444#C5C444

#C5C444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.147 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C444
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -15.24, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 63.58, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0475 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.147 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8107, 51.7688, 13.1523)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C444 #4445C5

analogous

#C58444 #C5C444 #86C544

triadic

#C5C444 #44C5C4 #C444C5

tetradic

#C5C444 #44C584 #4445C5 #C54486

square

#C5C444 #44C584 #4445C5 #C54486

split-complementary

#C5C444 #4486C5 #8444C5

monochromatic

#6D6C22 #9C9B30 #C5C444 #D3D373 #E2E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C5C444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C444

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C444	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)

#D3BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.147 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57f',
    500: '#c5c444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c444;
$custom-light: #dad57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C444

secondary

#373777

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C444

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

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