#C5CA40#C5CA40

#C5CA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.156 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA40
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -18.46, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 67.46, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.057 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.156 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0733, 54.4827, 12.9914)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA40 #4540CA

analogous

#CA8A40 #C5CA40 #80CA40

triadic

#C5CA40 #40C5CA #CA40C5

tetradic

#C5CA40 #40CA8A #4540CA #CA4080

square

#C5CA40 #40CA8A #4540CA #CA4080

split-complementary

#C5CA40 #4080CA #8A40CA

monochromatic

#6D701F #9CA02C #C5CA40 #D4D770 #E2E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#C5CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#C5CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA40

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA40	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.156 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad97d',
    500: '#c5ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca40;
$custom-light: #dad97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA40

secondary

#37357A

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA40

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

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