#C5C856#C5C856

#C5C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.137 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C856
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -16.05, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 57.71, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0479 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.137 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3611, 53.8518, 16.8072)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C856 #5956C8

analogous

#C89256 #C5C856 #8CC856

triadic

#C5C856 #56C5C8 #C856C5

tetradic

#C5C856 #56C892 #5956C8 #C8568C

square

#C5C856 #56C892 #5956C8 #C8568C

split-complementary

#C5C856 #568CC8 #9256C8

monochromatic

#797B28 #A7AA37 #C5C856 #D5D784 #E5E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#C5C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C856

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C856	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.137 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d88a',
    500: '#c5c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c856;
$custom-light: #d9d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80803,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C856

secondary

#403F84

accent

#4DDA51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C856

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

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