#C5CB50#C5CB50

#C5CB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB50
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -17.98, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 61.56, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.054 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.145 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8311, 55.1624, 15.8210)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB50 #5650CB

analogous

#CB9350 #C5CB50 #87CB50

triadic

#C5CB50 #50C5CB #CB50C5

tetradic

#C5CB50 #50CB93 #5650CB #CB5087

square

#C5CB50 #50CB93 #5650CB #CB5087

split-complementary

#C5CB50 #5087CB #9350CB

monochromatic

#787C25 #A5AB33 #C5CB50 #D5D97F #E4E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#C5CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB50

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB50	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da86',
    500: '#c5cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb50;
$custom-light: #d9da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81392,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB50

secondary

#3F3B84

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB50

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

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