#C5C425#C5C425

#C5C425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.164 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C425
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -16.60, 71.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 73.74, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0541 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.164 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1015, 51.4851, 9.4171)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C425 #2526C5

analogous

#C57425 #C5C425 #76C525

triadic

#C5C425 #25C5C4 #C425C5

tetradic

#C5C425 #25C574 #2526C5 #C52576

square

#C5C425 #25C574 #2526C5 #C52576

split-complementary

#C5C425 #2576C5 #7425C5

monochromatic

#5E5D12 #91911B #C5C425 #DDDC4A #E7E67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5C425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C425

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C425	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)

#D6C035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.164 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd570',
    500: '#c5c425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c425;
$custom-light: #dbd570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.625,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C425

secondary

#252569

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C425

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

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