#C5C331#C5C331

#C5C331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.158 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C331
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -15.68, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 69.98, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0505 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.158 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0971, 51.1237, 10.5028)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C331 #3133C5

analogous

#C57931 #C5C331 #7DC531

triadic

#C5C331 #31C5C3 #C331C5

tetradic

#C5C331 #31C579 #3133C5 #C5317D

square

#C5C331 #31C579 #3133C5 #C5317D

split-complementary

#C5C331 #317DC5 #7931C5

monochromatic

#636219 #949225 #C5C331 #D7D55D #E3E28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C5C331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C331

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C331	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.158 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad475',
    500: '#c5c331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c331;
$custom-light: #dad475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79423,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C331

secondary

#2D2E6E

accent

#47E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C331

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

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