#C5CA55#C5CA55

#C5CA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA55
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -17.13, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 59.01, 106.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.051 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.14 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7874, 54.7683, 16.7519)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA55 #5A55CA

analogous

#CA9555 #C5CA55 #8BCA55

triadic

#C5CA55 #55C5CA #CA55C5

tetradic

#C5CA55 #55CA95 #5A55CA #CA558B

square

#C5CA55 #55CA95 #5A55CA #CA558B

split-complementary

#C5CA55 #558BCA #9555CA

monochromatic

#7A7D27 #A7AC36 #C5CA55 #D5D984 #E5E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#C5CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA55

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA55	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)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da89',
    500: '#c5ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca55;
$custom-light: #d9da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81225,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA55

secondary

#413E85

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA55

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

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