#C5C040#C5C040

#C5C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.146 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C040
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -13.45, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 63.61, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0429 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.146 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8026, 49.9412, 12.2344)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C040 #4045C5

analogous

#C57D40 #C5C040 #87C540

triadic

#C5C040 #40C5C0 #C040C5

tetradic

#C5C040 #40C57D #4045C5 #C54087

square

#C5C040 #40C57D #4045C5 #C54087

split-complementary

#C5C040 #4087C5 #7D40C5

monochromatic

#6A6820 #99952F #C5C040 #D3CF6F #E2DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C5C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C040

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C040	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.146 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27c',
    500: '#c5c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c040;
$custom-light: #dad27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C040

secondary

#9395CE

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C040

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

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