#C5CA18#C5CA18

#C5CA18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.174 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA18
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 24)
HSL	hsl(62, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 88.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -19.91, 75.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 78.53, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0639 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.174 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3130, 54.1785, 8.9872)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA18 #1D18CA

analogous

#CA7618 #C5CA18 #6CCA18

triadic

#C5CA18 #18C5CA #CA18C5

tetradic

#C5CA18 #18CA76 #1D18CA #CA186C

square

#C5CA18 #18CA76 #1D18CA #CA186C

split-complementary

#C5CA18 #186CCA #7618CA

monochromatic

#5A5D0B #909312 #C5CA18 #E2E738 #EAEE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#C5CA18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA18

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA18	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.174 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd96d',
    500: '#c5ca18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca18;
$custom-light: #dbd96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.685,
    "s": 78.761,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80842,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA18

secondary

#201E68

accent

#33F538

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA18

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

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