#C5C23A#C5C23A

#C5C23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.152 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C23A
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -14.77, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 66.58, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0472 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0831, 50.7608, 11.5305)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23A #3A3DC5

analogous

#C57C3A #C5C23A #83C53A

triadic

#C5C23A #3AC5C2 #C23AC5

tetradic

#C5C23A #3AC57C #3A3DC5 #C53A83

square

#C5C23A #3AC57C #3A3DC5 #C53A83

split-complementary

#C5C23A #3A83C5 #7C3AC5

monochromatic

#66651E #96932C #C5C23A #D3D169 #E1DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C5C23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23A	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)

#D2BA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.152 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad479',
    500: '#c5c23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23a;
$custom-light: #dad479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79263,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23A

secondary

#323471

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23A

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

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