#C5C424#C5C424

#C5C424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.165 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C424
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -16.63, 72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 73.99, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0542 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.165 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0860, 51.4789, 9.3355)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C424 #2425C5

analogous

#C57324 #C5C424 #76C524

triadic

#C5C424 #24C5C4 #C424C5

tetradic

#C5C424 #24C573 #2425C5 #C52476

square

#C5C424 #24C573 #2425C5 #C52476

split-complementary

#C5C424 #2476C5 #7324C5

monochromatic

#5E5D11 #91911B #C5C424 #DEDD49 #E7E67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5C424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C424

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C424	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.165 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd56f',
    500: '#c5c424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c424;
$custom-light: #dbd56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.627,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79576,
    "c": 0.16457,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C424

secondary

#242569

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C424

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →