#C5CA45#C5CA45

#C5CA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.152 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA45
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -18.18, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 65.58, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0557 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.152 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2220, 54.5421, 13.7746)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA45 #4A45CA

analogous

#CA8D45 #C5CA45 #82CA45

triadic

#C5CA45 #45C5CA #CA45C5

tetradic

#C5CA45 #45CA8D #4A45CA #CA4582

square

#C5CA45 #45CA8D #4A45CA #CA4582

split-complementary

#C5CA45 #4582CA #8D45CA

monochromatic

#717421 #9FA32F #C5CA45 #D4D875 #E3E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#C5CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA45

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA45	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad980',
    500: '#c5ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca45;
$custom-light: #dad980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.15235,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA45

secondary

#39377D

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA45

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

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