#C5C047#C5C047

#C5C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C047
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -13.04, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 60.82, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.041 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0144, 50.0259, 13.3501)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C047 #474CC5

analogous

#C58147 #C5C047 #8BC547

triadic

#C5C047 #47C5C0 #C047C5

tetradic

#C5C047 #47C581 #474CC5 #C5478B

square

#C5C047 #47C581 #474CC5 #C5478B

split-complementary

#C5C047 #478BC5 #8147C5

monochromatic

#6F6C23 #9D9932 #C5C047 #D4D076 #E2E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C5C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C5C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C047

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C047	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad280',
    500: '#c5c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c047;
$custom-light: #dad280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78935,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C047

secondary

#383B78

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C047

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

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