#C5C426#C5C426

#C5C426 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	#C5C426
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 80.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -16.57, 71.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 73.49, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0539 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.164 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1174, 51.4915, 9.5009)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C426 #2627C5

analogous

#C57426 #C5C426 #76C526

triadic

#C5C426 #26C5C4 #C426C5

tetradic

#C5C426 #26C574 #2627C5 #C52676

square

#C5C426 #26C574 #2627C5 #C52676

split-complementary

#C5C426 #2676C5 #7426C5

monochromatic

#5E5E12 #92911C #C5C426 #DCDC4C #E6E67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5C426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C426

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C426	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: #c5c426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.164 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd570',
    500: '#c5c426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c426;
$custom-light: #dbd570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.623,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.16377,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C426

secondary

#26266A

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C426

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

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