#C5CA38#C5CA38

#C5CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.161 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA38
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -18.86, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 70.28, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0588 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.161 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8618, 54.3980, 11.8773)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA38 #3D38CA

analogous

#CA8638 #C5CA38 #7CCA38

triadic

#C5CA38 #38C5CA #CA38C5

tetradic

#C5CA38 #38CA86 #3D38CA #CA387C

square

#C5CA38 #38CA86 #3D38CA #CA387C

split-complementary

#C5CA38 #387CCA #8638CA

monochromatic

#686B1D #989B29 #C5CA38 #D3D768 #E1E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C5CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA38

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA38	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.161 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad979',
    500: '#c5ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca38;
$custom-light: #dad979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.055,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80985,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA38

secondary

#343175

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA38

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

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