#C5C230#C5C230

#C5C230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.157 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C230
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -15.21, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 69.94, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0493 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.157 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8529, 50.6687, 10.3185)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C230 #3033C5

analogous

#C57730 #C5C230 #7DC530

triadic

#C5C230 #30C5C2 #C230C5

tetradic

#C5C230 #30C577 #3033C5 #C5307D

square

#C5C230 #30C577 #3033C5 #C5307D

split-complementary

#C5C230 #307DC5 #7730C5

monochromatic

#636118 #949224 #C5C230 #D7D55B #E3E18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#C5C230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C230

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C230	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad474',
    500: '#c5c230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c230;
$custom-light: #dad474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79201,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C230

secondary

#2C2D6D

accent

#47E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C230

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

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