#C5C239#C5C239

#C5C239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.152 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C239
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -14.82, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 66.93, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0474 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.152 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0579, 50.7507, 11.3978)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C239 #393CC5

analogous

#C57C39 #C5C239 #82C539

triadic

#C5C239 #39C5C2 #C239C5

tetradic

#C5C239 #39C57C #393CC5 #C53982

square

#C5C239 #39C57C #393CC5 #C53982

split-complementary

#C5C239 #3982C5 #7C39C5

monochromatic

#66651E #96932B #C5C239 #D3D168 #E1DF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C5C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C239

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C239	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.152 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad479',
    500: '#c5c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c239;
$custom-light: #dad479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C239

secondary

#323370

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C239

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

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