#C5CB52#C5CB52

#C5CB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB52
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -17.84, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 60.72, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0534 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.143 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9061, 55.1924, 16.2160)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB52 #5852CB

analogous

#CB9452 #C5CB52 #88CB52

triadic

#C5CB52 #52C5CB #CB52C5

tetradic

#C5CB52 #52CB94 #5852CB #CB5288

square

#C5CB52 #52CB94 #5852CB #CB5288

split-complementary

#C5CB52 #5288CB #9452CB

monochromatic

#797D26 #A6AC34 #C5CB52 #D5D981 #E5E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C5CB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB52

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB52	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da87',
    500: '#c5cb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb52;
$custom-light: #d9da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81411,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB52

secondary

#403C85

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB52

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

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