#C5C234#C5C234

#C5C234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.155 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C234
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -15.05, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 68.65, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0485 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.155 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9392, 50.7032, 10.7730)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C234 #3437C5

analogous

#C57A34 #C5C234 #80C534

triadic

#C5C234 #34C5C2 #C234C5

tetradic

#C5C234 #34C57A #3437C5 #C53480

square

#C5C234 #34C57A #3437C5 #C53480

split-complementary

#C5C234 #3480C5 #7A34C5

monochromatic

#64631A #959227 #C5C234 #D5D361 #E2E091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C5C234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#C5C234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C234

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C234	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)

#D2BA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.155 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad476',
    500: '#c5c234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c234;
$custom-light: #dad476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C234

secondary

#2F306F

accent

#4AE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C234

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

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