#C5C325#C5C325
#C5C325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.163 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5C325 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 195, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(59, 68%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(59, 81%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 1%, 81.2%, 22.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.70, -16.10, 71.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.70, 73.40, 102.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.36% -0.0527 0.1545) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.36% 0.163 108.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.8767, 51.0355, 9.3422) |
| Luminance | 0.5103 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 1.54
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 1.54
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 2.22
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.57
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 3.61
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5C325 #2527C5
analogous
#C57325 #C5C325 #77C525
triadic
#C5C325 #25C5C3 #C325C5
tetradic
#C5C325 #25C573 #2527C5 #C52577
square
#C5C325 #25C573 #2527C5 #C52577
split-complementary
#C5C325 #2577C5 #7325C5
monochromatic
#5E5D12 #91901B #C5C325 #DDDB4A #E7E57E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.87
#C5C325 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.21
#C5C325 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5C325
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5C325 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5C325 | 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: #c5c325; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.163 108.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dbd470',
500: '#c5c325',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5c325; $custom-light: #dbd470; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5c325",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 195,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 59.25,
"s": 68.376,
"l": 45.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79363,
"c": 0.16324,
"h": 108.8
},
"luminance": 0.51034
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5C325
secondary
#252669
accent
#3FEB3D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF1
border
#D5D4CB
text
#161408
muted
#84837D