#C5C23F#C5C23F

#C5C23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C23F
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -14.51, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 64.74, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.046 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2165, 50.8141, 12.2333)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C23F #3F42C5

analogous

#C57F3F #C5C23F #85C53F

triadic

#C5C23F #3FC5C2 #C23FC5

tetradic

#C5C23F #3FC57F #3F42C5 #C53F85

square

#C5C23F #3FC57F #3F42C5 #C53F85

split-complementary

#C5C23F #3F85C5 #7F3FC5

monochromatic

#6A6820 #99962E #C5C23F #D3D16E #E1E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C5C23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C23F

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C23F	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)

#D2BA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47c',
    500: '#c5c23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c23f;
$custom-light: #dad47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79299,
    "c": 0.14831,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C23F

secondary

#353674

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C23F

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

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