#C5CC38#C5CC38

#C5CC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.163 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC38
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -19.85, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 71.05, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0616 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.163 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3341, 55.3427, 12.0347)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC38 #3F38CC

analogous

#CC8938 #C5CC38 #7BCC38

triadic

#C5CC38 #38C5CC #CC38C5

tetradic

#C5CC38 #38CC89 #3F38CC #CC387B

square

#C5CC38 #38CC89 #3F38CC #CC387B

split-complementary

#C5CC38 #387BCC #8938CC

monochromatic

#6A6E1C #999E29 #C5CC38 #D3D869 #E1E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#C5CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC38

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC38	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.163 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb79',
    500: '#c5cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc38;
$custom-light: #dadb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC38

secondary

#353177

accent

#45E24D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC38

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

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