#C5C429#C5C429

#C5C429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.162 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C429
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 79.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -16.47, 70.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 72.69, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0534 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.162 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1678, 51.5116, 9.7662)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C429 #292AC5

analogous

#C57629 #C5C429 #78C529

triadic

#C5C429 #29C5C4 #C429C5

tetradic

#C5C429 #29C576 #292AC5 #C52978

square

#C5C429 #29C576 #292AC5 #C52978

split-complementary

#C5C429 #2978C5 #7629C5

monochromatic

#605F14 #92921E #C5C429 #DBDA51 #E5E583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#C5C429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C429

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C429	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: #c5c429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.162 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd571',
    500: '#c5c429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c429;
$custom-light: #dbd571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.615,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C429

secondary

#28286B

accent

#40E83F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C429

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

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