#C5C855#C5C855

#C5C855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C855
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -16.13, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 58.15, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0482 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.138 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3211, 53.8358, 16.5965)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C855 #5855C8

analogous

#C89155 #C5C855 #8BC855

triadic

#C5C855 #55C5C8 #C855C5

tetradic

#C5C855 #55C891 #5855C8 #C8558B

square

#C5C855 #55C891 #5855C8 #C8558B

split-complementary

#C5C855 #558BC8 #9155C8

monochromatic

#797B28 #A6A937 #C5C855 #D5D783 #E5E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C5C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C855

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C855	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d889',
    500: '#c5c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c855;
$custom-light: #d9d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80792,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C855

secondary

#403E83

accent

#4DDB51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C855

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

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