#C5CA48#C5CA48

#C5CA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.150 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA48
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -18.00, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 64.41, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0549 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.15 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3175, 54.5803, 14.2775)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA48 #4D48CA

analogous

#CA8E48 #C5CA48 #84CA48

triadic

#C5CA48 #48C5CA #CA48C5

tetradic

#C5CA48 #48CA8E #4D48CA #CA4884

square

#C5CA48 #48CA8E #4D48CA #CA4884

split-complementary

#C5CA48 #4884CA #8E48CA

monochromatic

#727622 #A0A530 #C5CA48 #D4D877 #E3E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#C5CA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA48

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA48	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.150 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad981',
    500: '#c5ca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca48;
$custom-light: #dad981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81103,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA48

secondary

#3B387E

accent

#49DE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA48

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

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