#C5C33B#C5C33B

#C5C33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.152 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C33B
RGB	rgb(197, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -15.22, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 66.59, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0484 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.152 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3321, 51.2176, 11.7402)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C33B #3B3DC5

analogous

#C57E3B #C5C33B #82C53B

triadic

#C5C33B #3BC5C3 #C33BC5

tetradic

#C5C33B #3BC57E #3B3DC5 #C53B82

square

#C5C33B #3BC57E #3B3DC5 #C53B82

split-complementary

#C5C33B #3B82C5 #7E3BC5

monochromatic

#67661F #96952C #C5C33B #D3D16A #E1E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C5C33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#C5C33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C33B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C33B	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)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.152 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad47a',
    500: '#c5c33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c33b;
$custom-light: #dad47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C33B

secondary

#333471

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C33B

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

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