#C5CB42#C5CB42

#C5CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.155 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB42
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -18.85, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 67.12, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0578 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.155 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3666, 54.9766, 13.3749)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB42 #4842CB

analogous

#CB8D42 #C5CB42 #80CB42

triadic

#C5CB42 #42C5CB #CB42C5

tetradic

#C5CB42 #42CB8D #4842CB #CB4280

square

#C5CB42 #42CB8D #4842CB #CB4280

split-complementary

#C5CB42 #4280CB #8D42CB

monochromatic

#6F7320 #9EA32D #C5CB42 #D4D872 #E2E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#C5CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB42

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB42	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.155 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada7e',
    500: '#c5cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb42;
$custom-light: #dada7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.628,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB42

secondary

#38357C

accent

#48E04E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB42

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

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