#C5CA52#C5CA52

#C5CA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA52
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -17.34, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 60.29, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.052 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.142 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6707, 54.7216, 16.1375)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA52 #5752CA

analogous

#CA9352 #C5CA52 #89CA52

triadic

#C5CA52 #52C5CA #CA52C5

tetradic

#C5CA52 #52CA93 #5752CA #CA5289

square

#C5CA52 #52CA93 #5752CA #CA5289

split-complementary

#C5CA52 #5289CA #9352CA

monochromatic

#787C26 #A6AB34 #C5CA52 #D5D881 #E4E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#C5CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA52

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA52	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da87',
    500: '#c5ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca52;
$custom-light: #d9da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81194,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA52

secondary

#3F3C84

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA52

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

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