#C5CA2A#C5CA2A

#C5CA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.168 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA2A
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -19.42, 71.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 74.53, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0615 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.168 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5660, 54.2797, 10.3195)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA2A #2F2ACA

analogous

#CA7F2A #C5CA2A #75CA2A

triadic

#C5CA2A #2AC5CA #CA2AC5

tetradic

#C5CA2A #2ACA7F #2F2ACA #CA2A75

square

#C5CA2A #2ACA7F #2F2ACA #CA2A75

split-complementary

#C5CA2A #2A75CA #7F2ACA

monochromatic

#626515 #94971F #C5CA2A #D8DC55 #E3E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#C5CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA2A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA2A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.168 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd973',
    500: '#c5ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca2a;
$custom-light: #dbd973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80908,
    "c": 0.16782,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA2A

secondary

#2B296F

accent

#3FE945

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA2A

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

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