#C5CC42#C5CC42

#C5CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC42
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -19.34, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 67.52, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0592 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6036, 55.4504, 13.4539)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC42 #4942CC

analogous

#CC8E42 #C5CC42 #80CC42

triadic

#C5CC42 #42C5CC #CC42C5

tetradic

#C5CC42 #42CC8E #4942CC #CC4280

square

#C5CC42 #42CC8E #4942CC #CC4280

split-complementary

#C5CC42 #4280CC #8E42CC

monochromatic

#70741F #9EA42C #C5CC42 #D4D972 #E3E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#C5CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC42

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC42	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb7e',
    500: '#c5cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc42;
$custom-light: #dadb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8149,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC42

secondary

#39357D

accent

#47E14F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC42

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

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