#C5C438#C5C438

#C5C438 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	#C5C438
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -15.87, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 68.02, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0505 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.155 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.4813, 51.6370, 11.4171)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C438 #3839C5

analogous

#C57D38 #C5C438 #80C538

triadic

#C5C438 #38C5C4 #C438C5

tetradic

#C5C438 #38C57D #3839C5 #C53880

square

#C5C438 #38C57D #3839C5 #C53880

split-complementary

#C5C438 #3880C5 #7D38C5

monochromatic

#66651D #95952A #C5C438 #D4D367 #E1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C5C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C438

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C438	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad578',
    500: '#c5c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c438;
$custom-light: #dad578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79682,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C438

secondary

#313270

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C438

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

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