#C5C028#C5C028

#C5C028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.159 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C028
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -14.50, 70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 71.60, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.048 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.159 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2604, 49.7243, 9.3787)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C028 #282DC5

analogous

#C57228 #C5C028 #7CC528

triadic

#C5C028 #28C5C0 #C028C5

tetradic

#C5C028 #28C572 #282DC5 #C5287C

square

#C5C028 #28C572 #282DC5 #C5287C

split-complementary

#C5C028 #287CC5 #7228C5

monochromatic

#5F5D13 #928E1E #C5C028 #DBD74F #E6E282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C5C028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C5C028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C028

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C028	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.159 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd270',
    500: '#c5c028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c028;
$custom-light: #dbd270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.089,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78728,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C028

secondary

#7A7DCE

accent

#44E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161408

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C028

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

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