#C5C231#C5C231

#C5C231 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 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C231
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -15.17, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 69.62, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0491 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.157 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8738, 50.6771, 10.4284)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C231 #3134C5

analogous

#C57831 #C5C231 #7EC531

triadic

#C5C231 #31C5C2 #C231C5

tetradic

#C5C231 #31C578 #3134C5 #C5317E

square

#C5C231 #31C578 #3134C5 #C5317E

split-complementary

#C5C231 #317EC5 #7831C5

monochromatic

#636119 #949225 #C5C231 #D7D45D #E3E18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C5C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C231

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C231	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad475',
    500: '#c5c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c231;
$custom-light: #dad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79206,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C231

secondary

#2D2E6E

accent

#48E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C231

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

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