#C5CA02#C5CA02

#C5CA02 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.178 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA02
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 2)
HSL	hsl(62, 98%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 99%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 99%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -20.20, 78.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 81.16, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0654 0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.178 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1592, 54.1170, 8.1769)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA02 #0702CA

analogous

#CA6B02 #C5CA02 #61CA02

triadic

#C5CA02 #02C5CA #CA02C5

tetradic

#C5CA02 #02CA6B #0702CA #CA0261

square

#C5CA02 #02CA6B #0702CA #CA0261

split-complementary

#C5CA02 #0261CA #6B02CA

monochromatic

#4F5101 #8A8D01 #C5CA02 #F7FD0D #F9FD49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#C5CA02 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#C5CA02 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA02

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA02	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA02	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca02;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.178 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd969',
    500: '#c5ca02',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca02;
$custom-light: #dbd969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca02",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 98.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80802,
    "c": 0.17802,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA02

secondary

#14125F

accent

#29FF2E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF0

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA02

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →