#C5C439#C5C439

#C5C439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.154 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C439
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -15.82, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 67.67, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0502 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.154 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.5060, 51.6469, 11.5472)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C439 #393AC5

analogous

#C57E39 #C5C439 #80C539

triadic

#C5C439 #39C5C4 #C439C5

tetradic

#C5C439 #39C57E #393AC5 #C53980

square

#C5C439 #39C57E #393AC5 #C53980

split-complementary

#C5C439 #3980C5 #7E39C5

monochromatic

#66661E #96952B #C5C439 #D3D368 #E1E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C5C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C439

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C439	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)

#D4BC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.154 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad579',
    500: '#c5c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c439;
$custom-light: #dad579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79689,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C439

secondary

#323270

accent

#4ADE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C439

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

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