#C5C038#C5C038

#C5C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.151 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C038
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -13.85, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 66.56, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0448 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.151 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5910, 49.8566, 11.1204)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C038 #383DC5

analogous

#C57938 #C5C038 #84C538

triadic

#C5C038 #38C5C0 #C038C5

tetradic

#C5C038 #38C579 #383DC5 #C53884

square

#C5C038 #38C579 #383DC5 #C53884

split-complementary

#C5C038 #3884C5 #7938C5

monochromatic

#66631D #95922A #C5C038 #D4D067 #E1DF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C5C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C038

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C038	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)

#D0B920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.151 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad278',
    500: '#c5c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c038;
$custom-light: #dad278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78818,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C038

secondary

#8C8ECD

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C038

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

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