#C5C225#C5C225

#C5C225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.162 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C225
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 81.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -15.60, 71.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 73.07, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0513 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.162 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6534, 50.5889, 9.2677)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C225 #2528C5

analogous

#C57225 #C5C225 #78C525

triadic

#C5C225 #25C5C2 #C225C5

tetradic

#C5C225 #25C572 #2528C5 #C52578

square

#C5C225 #25C572 #2528C5 #C52578

split-complementary

#C5C225 #2578C5 #7225C5

monochromatic

#5E5D12 #918F1B #C5C225 #DDDA4A #E7E57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C5C225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C225

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C225	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)

#D5BF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.162 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd470',
    500: '#c5c225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c225;
$custom-light: #dbd470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C225

secondary

#252669

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C225

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

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