#C5C228#C5C228

#C5C228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.161 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C228
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -15.50, 70.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 72.28, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0508 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.161 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7025, 50.6085, 9.5261)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C228 #282BC5

analogous

#C57428 #C5C228 #79C528

triadic

#C5C228 #28C5C2 #C228C5

tetradic

#C5C228 #28C574 #282BC5 #C52879

square

#C5C228 #28C574 #282BC5 #C52879

split-complementary

#C5C228 #2879C5 #7428C5

monochromatic

#5F5E13 #92901E #C5C228 #DBD94F #E6E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#C5C228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C228

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C228	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)

#D5BF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.161 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd471',
    500: '#c5c228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c228;
$custom-light: #dbd471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.854,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7916,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C228

secondary

#27286A

accent

#42E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C228

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →