#C5C338#C5C338

#C5C338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C338
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -15.37, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 67.65, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0491 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2565, 51.1874, 11.3422)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C338 #383AC5

analogous

#C57D38 #C5C338 #81C538

triadic

#C5C338 #38C5C3 #C338C5

tetradic

#C5C338 #38C57D #383AC5 #C53881

square

#C5C338 #38C57D #383AC5 #C53881

split-complementary

#C5C338 #3881C5 #7D38C5

monochromatic

#66651D #95942A #C5C338 #D4D267 #E1E096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C5C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C338

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C338	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.154 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad478',
    500: '#c5c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c338;
$custom-light: #dad478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79466,
    "c": 0.15374,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C338

secondary

#313270

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C338

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

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