#C5C036#C5C036

#C5C036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.152 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C036
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -13.95, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 67.26, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0453 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.152 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5431, 49.8374, 10.8679)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C036 #363BC5

analogous

#C57936 #C5C036 #83C536

triadic

#C5C036 #36C5C0 #C036C5

tetradic

#C5C036 #36C579 #363BC5 #C53683

square

#C5C036 #36C579 #363BC5 #C53683

split-complementary

#C5C036 #3683C5 #7936C5

monochromatic

#65621C #959129 #C5C036 #D4D164 #E2DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C5C036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C036

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C036	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.152 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad277',
    500: '#c5c036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c036;
$custom-light: #dad277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78805,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C036

secondary

#8A8CCD

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C036

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

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