#C5C324#C5C324

#C5C324 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.164 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C324
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -16.13, 71.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 73.66, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0528 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.164 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8612, 51.0293, 9.2606)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C324 #2426C5

analogous

#C57324 #C5C324 #76C524

triadic

#C5C324 #24C5C3 #C324C5

tetradic

#C5C324 #24C573 #2426C5 #C52476

square

#C5C324 #24C573 #2426C5 #C52476

split-complementary

#C5C324 #2476C5 #7324C5

monochromatic

#5E5D11 #91901B #C5C324 #DEDC49 #E7E67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C5C324 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C324

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C324	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.164 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd46f',
    500: '#c5c324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c324;
$custom-light: #dbd46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.255,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79359,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C324

secondary

#242569

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C324

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

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