#C5C949#C5C949

#C5C949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.148 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C949
RGB	rgb(197, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -17.44, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 63.60, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0532 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.148 111)
XYZ	xyz(45.1165, 54.1258, 14.3727)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C949 #4D49C9

analogous

#C98D49 #C5C949 #85C949

triadic

#C5C949 #49C5C9 #C949C5

tetradic

#C5C949 #49C98D #4D49C9 #C94985

square

#C5C949 #49C98D #4D49C9 #C94985

split-complementary

#C5C949 #4985C9 #8D49C9

monochromatic

#727523 #A0A431 #C5C949 #D4D778 #E3E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#C5C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C949

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C949	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.148 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad982',
    500: '#c5c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c949;
$custom-light: #dad982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80894,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.54125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C949

secondary

#3B397E

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C949

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

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