#C5C23D#C5C23D

#C5C23D 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	#C5C23D
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -14.62, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 65.49, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0465 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.15 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1616, 50.7922, 11.9443)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23D #3D40C5

analogous

#C57E3D #C5C23D #84C53D

triadic

#C5C23D #3DC5C2 #C23DC5

tetradic

#C5C23D #3DC57E #3D40C5 #C53D84

square

#C5C23D #3DC57E #3D40C5 #C53D84

split-complementary

#C5C23D #3D84C5 #7E3DC5

monochromatic

#68671F #98952D #C5C23D #D3D16C #E1E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C5C23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23D	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)

#D2BA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.150 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47b',
    500: '#c5c23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23d;
$custom-light: #dad47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79285,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23D

secondary

#343572

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23D

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

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