#C5C23B#C5C23B

#C5C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.151 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C23B
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -14.72, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 66.22, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0469 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.151 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1087, 50.7710, 11.6658)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23B #3B3EC5

analogous

#C57D3B #C5C23B #83C53B

triadic

#C5C23B #3BC5C2 #C23BC5

tetradic

#C5C23B #3BC57D #3B3EC5 #C53B83

square

#C5C23B #3BC57D #3B3EC5 #C53B83

split-complementary

#C5C23B #3B83C5 #7D3BC5

monochromatic

#67661F #96942C #C5C23B #D3D16A #E1DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#C5C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23B	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)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.151 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47a',
    500: '#c5c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23b;
$custom-light: #dad47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7927,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23B

secondary

#333471

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23B

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

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