#C5C23C#C5C23C

#C5C23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.150 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C23C
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -14.67, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 65.85, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0467 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.15 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1349, 50.7815, 11.8037)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23C #3C3FC5

analogous

#C57D3C #C5C23C #83C53C

triadic

#C5C23C #3CC5C2 #C23CC5

tetradic

#C5C23C #3CC57D #3C3FC5 #C53C83

square

#C5C23C #3CC57D #3C3FC5 #C53C83

split-complementary

#C5C23C #3C83C5 #7D3CC5

monochromatic

#68661F #97952D #C5C23C #D3D16B #E1E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C5C23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23C	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.150 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47a',
    500: '#c5c23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23c;
$custom-light: #dad47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23C

secondary

#333572

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23C

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

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