#C5C842#C5C842

#C5C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.152 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C842
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -17.36, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 65.92, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0537 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.152 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6650, 53.5734, 13.1411)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C842 #4542C8

analogous

#C88842 #C5C842 #82C842

triadic

#C5C842 #42C5C8 #C842C5

tetradic

#C5C842 #42C888 #4542C8 #C84282

square

#C5C842 #42C888 #4542C8 #C84282

split-complementary

#C5C842 #4282C8 #8842C8

monochromatic

#6D6F20 #9C9F2E #C5C842 #D4D671 #E2E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C5C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C842

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C842	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.152 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87e',
    500: '#c5c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c842;
$custom-light: #dad87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C842

secondary

#373679

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C842

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

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