#C5CA41#C5CA41

#C5CA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.155 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA41
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 65)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -18.41, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 67.09, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0567 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.155 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1020, 54.4941, 13.1426)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA41 #4641CA

analogous

#CA8B41 #C5CA41 #80CA41

triadic

#C5CA41 #41C5CA #CA41C5

tetradic

#C5CA41 #41CA8B #4641CA #CA4180

square

#C5CA41 #41CA8B #4641CA #CA4180

split-complementary

#C5CA41 #4180CA #8B41CA

monochromatic

#6E7120 #9DA12D #C5CA41 #D4D771 #E2E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#C5CA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA41

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA41	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.155 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad97e',
    500: '#c5ca41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca41;
$custom-light: #dad97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81047,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA41

secondary

#38357A

accent

#48E04E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA41

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

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