#C5C428#C5C428

#C5C428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.163 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C428
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -16.51, 71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 72.96, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0536 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.163 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1506, 51.5048, 9.6755)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C428 #2829C5

analogous

#C57628 #C5C428 #78C528

triadic

#C5C428 #28C5C4 #C428C5

tetradic

#C5C428 #28C576 #2829C5 #C52878

square

#C5C428 #28C576 #2829C5 #C52878

split-complementary

#C5C428 #2878C5 #7628C5

monochromatic

#5F5F13 #92911E #C5C428 #DBDA4F #E6E582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5C428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C428

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C428	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)

#D4BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.163 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd571',
    500: '#c5c428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c428;
$custom-light: #dbd571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79593,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C428

secondary

#27276A

accent

#40E93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C428

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

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