#C5C437#C5C437

#C5C437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.155 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C437
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -15.92, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 68.36, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0507 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.155 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.4571, 51.6273, 11.2896)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C437 #3738C5

analogous

#C57D37 #C5C437 #7FC537

triadic

#C5C437 #37C5C4 #C437C5

tetradic

#C5C437 #37C57D #3738C5 #C5377F

square

#C5C437 #37C57D #3738C5 #C5377F

split-complementary

#C5C437 #377FC5 #7D37C5

monochromatic

#65651C #95942A #C5C437 #D4D365 #E1E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C5C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C437

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C437	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad578',
    500: '#c5c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c437;
$custom-light: #dad578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79675,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C437

secondary

#313170

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C437

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

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