#C5C23E#C5C23E

#C5C23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.149 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C23E
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -14.57, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 65.11, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0462 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.149 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1888, 50.8031, 12.0874)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23E #3E41C5

analogous

#C57E3E #C5C23E #84C53E

triadic

#C5C23E #3EC5C2 #C23EC5

tetradic

#C5C23E #3EC57E #3E41C5 #C53E84

square

#C5C23E #3EC57E #3E41C5 #C53E84

split-complementary

#C5C23E #3E84C5 #7E3EC5

monochromatic

#696720 #98962E #C5C23E #D3D16D #E1E09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C5C23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23E	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)

#D2BA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.149 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47b',
    500: '#c5c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23e;
$custom-light: #dad47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79292,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23E

secondary

#343673

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23E

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

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