#C5C844#C5C844

#C5C844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C844
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -17.25, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 65.16, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0531 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.151 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7250, 53.5974, 13.4571)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C844 #4744C8

analogous

#C88944 #C5C844 #83C844

triadic

#C5C844 #44C5C8 #C844C5

tetradic

#C5C844 #44C889 #4744C8 #C84483

square

#C5C844 #44C889 #4744C8 #C84483

split-complementary

#C5C844 #4483C8 #8944C8

monochromatic

#6F7121 #9DA02F #C5C844 #D4D673 #E2E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C5C844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C844

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C844	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87f',
    500: '#c5c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c844;
$custom-light: #dad87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80636,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C844

secondary

#38367A

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C844

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

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