#C5C151#C5C151

#C5C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.134 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C151
RGB	rgb(197, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -12.88, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 56.98, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0394 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.134 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5825, 50.6056, 15.2551)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C151 #5155C5

analogous

#C58751 #C5C151 #8FC551

triadic

#C5C151 #51C5C1 #C151C5

tetradic

#C5C151 #51C587 #5155C5 #C5518F

square

#C5C151 #51C587 #5155C5 #C5518F

split-complementary

#C5C151 #518FC5 #8751C5

monochromatic

#757227 #A39F36 #C5C151 #D4D17F #E4E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C5C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C151

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C151	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.134 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d386',
    500: '#c5c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c151;
$custom-light: #d9d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C151

secondary

#3D3F7E

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C151

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

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