#C5CD48#C5CD48

#C5CD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CD48
RGB	rgb(197, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -19.49, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 65.65, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.059 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.153 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0283, 56.0018, 14.5144)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CD48 #5048CD

analogous

#CD9348 #C5CD48 #83CD48

triadic

#C5CD48 #48C5CD #CD48C5

tetradic

#C5CD48 #48CD93 #5048CD #CD4883

square

#C5CD48 #48CD93 #5048CD #CD4883

split-complementary

#C5CD48 #4883CD #9348CD

monochromatic

#747921 #A2A92E #C5CD48 #D4DA78 #E3E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C5CD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C5CD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CD48

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CD48	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc82',
    500: '#c5cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cd48;
$custom-light: #dadc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.609,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81755,
    "c": 0.15341,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CD48

secondary

#3C3882

accent

#47E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CD48

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

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