#C5C05B#C5C05B

#C5C05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.124 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C05B
RGB	rgb(197, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -11.61, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 52.06, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0347 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.124 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7652, 50.3262, 17.3040)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C05B #5B60C5

analogous

#C58B5B #C5C05B #95C55B

triadic

#C5C05B #5BC5C0 #C05BC5

tetradic

#C5C05B #5BC58B #5B60C5 #C55B95

square

#C5C05B #5BC58B #5B60C5 #C55B95

split-complementary

#C5C05B #5B95C5 #8B5BC5

monochromatic

#7A772B #A8A23B #C5C05B #D5D188 #E5E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C5C05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#C5C05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C05B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C05B	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.124 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d28c',
    500: '#c5c05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c05b;
$custom-light: #d9d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C05B

secondary

#414483

accent

#57D750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C05B

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

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