#C5CA53#C5CA53

#C5CA53 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 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA53
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -17.27, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 59.87, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0517 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.142 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7090, 54.7369, 16.3394)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA53 #5853CA

analogous

#CA9353 #C5CA53 #89CA53

triadic

#C5CA53 #53C5CA #CA53C5

tetradic

#C5CA53 #53CA93 #5853CA #CA5389

square

#C5CA53 #53CA93 #5853CA #CA5389

split-complementary

#C5CA53 #5389CA #9353CA

monochromatic

#797C26 #A6AB35 #C5CA53 #D5D882 #E5E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C5CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA53

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA53	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da88',
    500: '#c5ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca53;
$custom-light: #d9da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA53

secondary

#403D84

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA53

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

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