#C5C756#C5C756

#C5C756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.136 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C756
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -15.55, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 57.28, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0465 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.136 110)
XYZ	xyz(45.1303, 53.3902, 16.7303)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C756 #5856C7

analogous

#C79056 #C5C756 #8CC756

triadic

#C5C756 #56C5C7 #C756C5

tetradic

#C5C756 #56C790 #5856C7 #C7568C

square

#C5C756 #56C790 #5856C7 #C7568C

split-complementary

#C5C756 #568CC7 #9056C7

monochromatic

#797A28 #A6A838 #C5C756 #D5D684 #E5E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C5C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C756

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C756	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.136 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d78a',
    500: '#c5c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c756;
$custom-light: #d9d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80587,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.53389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C756

secondary

#403F83

accent

#4EDA51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C756

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

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