#C5CC49#C5CC49

#C5CC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.152 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CC49
RGB	rgb(197, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -18.93, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 64.84, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0574 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.152 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8227, 55.5381, 14.6081)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CC49 #5049CC

analogous

#CC9249 #C5CC49 #84CC49

triadic

#C5CC49 #49C5CC #CC49C5

tetradic

#C5CC49 #49CC92 #5049CC #CC4984

square

#C5CC49 #49CC92 #5049CC #CC4984

split-complementary

#C5CC49 #4984CC #9249CC

monochromatic

#747922 #A2A92F #C5CC49 #D4D979 #E3E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C5CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C5CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CC49

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CC49	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.152 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadb82',
    500: '#c5cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cc49;
$custom-light: #dadb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81546,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CC49

secondary

#3C3881

accent

#48E050

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CC49

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

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