#C5C940#C5C940

#C5C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.155 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C940
RGB	rgb(197, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -17.97, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 67.07, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0556 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.155 111)
XYZ	xyz(44.8394, 54.0149, 12.9134)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C940 #4440C9

analogous

#C98940 #C5C940 #81C940

triadic

#C5C940 #40C5C9 #C940C5

tetradic

#C5C940 #40C989 #4440C9 #C94081

square

#C5C940 #40C989 #4440C9 #C94081

split-complementary

#C5C940 #4081C9 #8940C9

monochromatic

#6D6F1F #9C9F2D #C5C940 #D3D670 #E2E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#C5C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C940

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C940	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.155 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad97d',
    500: '#c5c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c940;
$custom-light: #dad97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.54014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C940

secondary

#373578

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C940

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

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