#C5C845#C5C845

#C5C845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C845
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -17.19, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 64.77, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0529 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.15 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7558, 53.6097, 13.6192)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C845 #4845C8

analogous

#C88945 #C5C845 #83C845

triadic

#C5C845 #45C5C8 #C845C5

tetradic

#C5C845 #45C889 #4845C8 #C84583

square

#C5C845 #45C889 #4845C8 #C84583

split-complementary

#C5C845 #4583C8 #8945C8

monochromatic

#6F7121 #9EA02F #C5C845 #D4D674 #E2E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C5C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C845

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C845	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)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad880',
    500: '#c5c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c845;
$custom-light: #dad880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80644,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C845

secondary

#38377A

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C845

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

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