#C5C430#C5C430

#C5C430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C430
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -16.22, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 70.64, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0521 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.159 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3010, 51.5649, 10.4678)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C430 #3031C5

analogous

#C57930 #C5C430 #7CC530

triadic

#C5C430 #30C5C4 #C430C5

tetradic

#C5C430 #30C579 #3031C5 #C5307C

square

#C5C430 #30C579 #3031C5 #C5307C

split-complementary

#C5C430 #307CC5 #7930C5

monochromatic

#636218 #949324 #C5C430 #D7D65B #E3E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C5C430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C5C430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C430

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C430	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad574',
    500: '#c5c430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c430;
$custom-light: #dad574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79634,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C430

secondary

#2C2C6D

accent

#45E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C430

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

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