#C5C43B#C5C43B

#C5C43B 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	#C5C43B
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -15.73, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 66.96, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0498 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.153 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.5569, 51.6673, 11.8152)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C43B #3B3CC5

analogous

#C57F3B #C5C43B #81C53B

triadic

#C5C43B #3BC5C4 #C43BC5

tetradic

#C5C43B #3BC57F #3B3CC5 #C53B81

square

#C5C43B #3BC57F #3B3CC5 #C53B81

split-complementary

#C5C43B #3B81C5 #7F3BC5

monochromatic

#67671F #96962C #C5C43B #D3D26A #E1E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#C5C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C43B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C43B	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)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57a',
    500: '#c5c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c43b;
$custom-light: #dad57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79702,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C43B

secondary

#333371

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C43B

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

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