#C5CA57#C5CA57

#C5CA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CA57
RGB	rgb(197, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -16.98, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 58.13, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0504 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.138 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8679, 54.8005, 17.1763)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CA57 #5C57CA

analogous

#CA9657 #C5CA57 #8CCA57

triadic

#C5CA57 #57C5CA #CA57C5

tetradic

#C5CA57 #57CA96 #5C57CA #CA578C

square

#C5CA57 #57CA96 #5C57CA #CA578C

split-complementary

#C5CA57 #578CCA #9657CA

monochromatic

#7B7F28 #A8AD37 #C5CA57 #D5D986 #E5E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C5CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CA57

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CA57	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da8a',
    500: '#c5ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ca57;
$custom-light: #d9da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81246,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CA57

secondary

#423F87

accent

#4CDB53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CA57

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

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