#C5C445#C5C445

#C5C445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C445
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -15.18, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 63.18, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0472 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.146 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8415, 51.7811, 13.3144)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C445 #4546C5

analogous

#C58445 #C5C445 #86C545

triadic

#C5C445 #45C5C4 #C445C5

tetradic

#C5C445 #45C584 #4546C5 #C54586

square

#C5C445 #45C584 #4546C5 #C54586

split-complementary

#C5C445 #4586C5 #8445C5

monochromatic

#6D6D22 #9C9B31 #C5C445 #D4D374 #E2E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C5C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C445

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C445	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57f',
    500: '#c5c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c445;
$custom-light: #dad57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79779,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C445

secondary

#373877

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C445

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

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