#C5C224#C5C224

#C5C224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.163 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C224
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -15.63, 71.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 73.32, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0514 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6379, 50.5827, 9.1862)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C224 #2427C5

analogous

#C57124 #C5C224 #77C524

triadic

#C5C224 #24C5C2 #C224C5

tetradic

#C5C224 #24C571 #2427C5 #C52477

square

#C5C224 #24C571 #2427C5 #C52477

split-complementary

#C5C224 #2477C5 #7124C5

monochromatic

#5E5C11 #918F1B #C5C224 #DEDB49 #E7E57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C5C224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C224

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C224	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)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd46f',
    500: '#c5c224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c224;
$custom-light: #dbd46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79142,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C224

secondary

#242669

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C224

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

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