#C5C72D#C5C72D

#C5C72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C72D
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 45)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -17.83, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 72.62, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0569 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9247, 52.9079, 10.3806)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C72D #2F2DC7

analogous

#C77C2D #C5C72D #78C72D

triadic

#C5C72D #2DC5C7 #C72DC5

tetradic

#C5C72D #2DC77C #2F2DC7 #C72D78

square

#C5C72D #2DC77C #2F2DC7 #C72D78

split-complementary

#C5C72D #2D78C7 #7C2DC7

monochromatic

#626316 #949522 #C5C72D #D8D958 #E3E58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C5C72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C72D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C72D	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd773',
    500: '#c5c72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c72d;
$custom-light: #dbd773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80269,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C72D

secondary

#2B2A6E

accent

#42E644

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C72D

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

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