#C5C043#C5C043

#C5C043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C043
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -13.28, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 62.43, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0421 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.144 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.8903, 49.9762, 12.6962)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C043 #4348C5

analogous

#C57F43 #C5C043 #89C543

triadic

#C5C043 #43C5C0 #C043C5

tetradic

#C5C043 #43C57F #4348C5 #C54389

square

#C5C043 #43C57F #4348C5 #C54389

split-complementary

#C5C043 #4389C5 #7F43C5

monochromatic

#6C6921 #9B9730 #C5C043 #D3D072 #E2DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C5C043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C043

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C043	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27e',
    500: '#c5c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c043;
$custom-light: #dad27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C043

secondary

#9598CE

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C043

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

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