#C5CA49#C5CA49

#C5CA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA49
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -17.94, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 64.01, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0546 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3504, 54.5935, 14.4507)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA49 #4E49CA

analogous

#CA8F49 #C5CA49 #85CA49

triadic

#C5CA49 #49C5CA #CA49C5

tetradic

#C5CA49 #49CA8F #4E49CA #CA4985

square

#C5CA49 #49CA8F #4E49CA #CA4985

split-complementary

#C5CA49 #4985CA #8F49CA

monochromatic

#737622 #A1A630 #C5CA49 #D4D878 #E3E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#C5CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA49

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA49	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)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad982',
    500: '#c5ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca49;
$custom-light: #dad982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81111,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA49

secondary

#3B387F

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA49

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

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