#C5C137#C5C137

#C5C137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C137
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -14.41, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 67.27, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0465 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7871, 50.2875, 11.0663)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C137 #373BC5

analogous

#C57A37 #C5C137 #82C537

triadic

#C5C137 #37C5C1 #C137C5

tetradic

#C5C137 #37C57A #373BC5 #C53782

square

#C5C137 #37C57A #373BC5 #C53782

split-complementary

#C5C137 #3782C5 #7A37C5

monochromatic

#65631C #95922A #C5C137 #D4D165 #E1DF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C5C137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#C5C137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C137

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C137	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad377',
    500: '#c5c137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c137;
$custom-light: #dad377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79027,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C137

secondary

#313270

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C137

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

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