#C5C243#C5C243

#C5C243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C243
RGB	rgb(197, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -14.29, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 63.20, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0449 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.146 108)
XYZ	xyz(43.3324, 50.8605, 12.8436)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C243 #4346C5

analogous

#C58143 #C5C243 #87C543

triadic

#C5C243 #43C5C2 #C243C5

tetradic

#C5C243 #43C581 #4346C5 #C54387

square

#C5C243 #43C581 #4346C5 #C54387

split-complementary

#C5C243 #4387C5 #8143C5

monochromatic

#6C6A21 #9B9930 #C5C243 #D3D172 #E2E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C5C243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C5C243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C243

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C243	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47e',
    500: '#c5c243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c243;
$custom-light: #dad47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79331,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.50859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C243

secondary

#363876

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C243

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

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