#C5C846#C5C846

#C5C846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C846
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 65%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -17.13, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 64.38, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0526 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.15 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7871, 53.6222, 13.7840)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C846 #4946C8

analogous

#C88A46 #C5C846 #84C846

triadic

#C5C846 #46C5C8 #C846C5

tetradic

#C5C846 #46C88A #4946C8 #C84684

square

#C5C846 #46C88A #4946C8 #C84684

split-complementary

#C5C846 #4684C8 #8A46C8

monochromatic

#707222 #9EA130 #C5C846 #D4D675 #E3E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C5C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C846

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C846	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)

#D7C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad880',
    500: '#c5c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c846;
$custom-light: #dad880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80652,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C846

secondary

#39377B

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C846

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

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