#C5C43A#C5C43A

#C5C43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C43A
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -15.78, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 67.32, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.05 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.154 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.5312, 51.6570, 11.6799)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C43A #3A3BC5

analogous

#C57E3A #C5C43A #81C53A

triadic

#C5C43A #3AC5C4 #C43AC5

tetradic

#C5C43A #3AC57E #3A3BC5 #C53A81

square

#C5C43A #3AC57E #3A3BC5 #C53A81

split-complementary

#C5C43A #3A81C5 #7E3AC5

monochromatic

#66661E #96952C #C5C43A #D3D269 #E1E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C5C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C43A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C43A	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)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad579',
    500: '#c5c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c43a;
$custom-light: #dad579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79695,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C43A

secondary

#323371

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C43A

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

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