#C5CA3E#C5CA3E

#C5CA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.157 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA3E
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -18.57, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 68.19, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0574 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.157 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0174, 54.4603, 12.6970)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA3E #433ECA

analogous

#CA893E #C5CA3E #7FCA3E

triadic

#C5CA3E #3EC5CA #CA3EC5

tetradic

#C5CA3E #3ECA89 #433ECA #CA3E7F

square

#C5CA3E #3ECA89 #433ECA #CA3E7F

split-complementary

#C5CA3E #3E7FCA #893ECA

monochromatic

#6C6F1F #9B9F2C #C5CA3E #D3D76E #E2E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#C5CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA3E

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA3E	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.157 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad97c',
    500: '#c5ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca3e;
$custom-light: #dad97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81025,
    "c": 0.15705,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA3E

secondary

#363478

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA3E

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

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