#C5CF49#C5CF49

#C5CF49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.155 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CF49
RGB	rgb(197, 207, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 64.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -20.41, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 66.09, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0615 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.155 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5426, 56.9779, 14.8481)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CF49 #5349CF

analogous

#CF9649 #C5CF49 #82CF49

triadic

#C5CF49 #49C5CF #CF49C5

tetradic

#C5CF49 #49CF96 #5349CF #CF4982

square

#C5CF49 #49CF96 #5349CF #CF4982

split-complementary

#C5CF49 #4982CF #9649CF

monochromatic

#767D21 #A4AD2E #C5CF49 #D4DC79 #E4E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#C5CF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#C5CF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CF49

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CF49	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 207, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.155 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadd82',
    500: '#c5cf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cf49;
$custom-light: #dadd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.478,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.822,
    "c": 0.15486,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CF49

secondary

#3D3884

accent

#46E152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CF49

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

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