#C5CA3A#C5CA3A

#C5CA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.160 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA3A
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -18.77, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 69.60, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0584 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.16 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9117, 54.4180, 12.1401)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA3A #3F3ACA

analogous

#CA873A #C5CA3A #7DCA3A

triadic

#C5CA3A #3AC5CA #CA3AC5

tetradic

#C5CA3A #3ACA87 #3F3ACA #CA3A7D

square

#C5CA3A #3ACA87 #3F3ACA #CA3A7D

split-complementary

#C5CA3A #3A7DCA #873ACA

monochromatic

#6A6C1D #999D2A #C5CA3A #D3D76A #E1E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#C5CA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA3A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA3A	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)

#DAC11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.160 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad97a',
    500: '#c5ca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca3a;
$custom-light: #dad97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80998,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA3A

secondary

#353276

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA3A

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

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