#C5C328#C5C328

#C5C328 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.162 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C328
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -16.01, 70.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 72.62, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0522 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.162 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9258, 51.0551, 9.6005)
Luminance	0.5105 (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

#C5C328 #282AC5

analogous

#C57528 #C5C328 #79C528

triadic

#C5C328 #28C5C3 #C328C5

tetradic

#C5C328 #28C575 #282AC5 #C52879

square

#C5C328 #28C575 #282AC5 #C52879

split-complementary

#C5C328 #2879C5 #7528C5

monochromatic

#5F5E13 #92911E #C5C328 #DBD94F #E6E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C328 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#C5C328 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C328

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C328	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C328	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)

#D6C036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c328;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.162 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd471',
    500: '#c5c328',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c328;
$custom-light: #dbd471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c328",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79376,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C328

secondary

#27286A

accent

#41E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C328

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

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