#C5C43D#C5C43D

#C5C43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.152 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5C43D
RGBrgb(197, 196, 61)
HSLhsl(60, 54%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.09, -15.63, 64.37)
CIE-LCHlch(77.09, 66.24, 103.64°)
OKLaboklab(79.72% -0.0493 0.1434)
OKLCHoklch(79.72% 0.152 109)
XYZxyz(43.6097, 51.6884, 12.0936)
Luminance0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5C43D #3D3EC5
analogous
#C5803D #C5C43D #82C53D
triadic
#C5C43D #3DC5C4 #C43DC5
tetradic
#C5C43D #3DC580 #3D3EC5 #C53D82
square
#C5C43D #3DC580 #3D3EC5 #C53D82
split-complementary
#C5C43D #3D82C5 #803DC5
monochromatic
#68681F #98972D #C5C43D #D3D26C #E1E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#C5C43D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34
#C5C43D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C43D
11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5C43D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5C43D1.001.8511.3411.34
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3421.001.001.00
##00000011.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BC27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C047
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3B8A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5c43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.152 109.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57b',
    500: '#c5c43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5c43d;
$custom-light: #dad57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5c43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79716,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5C43D
secondary
#343472
accent
#4CDD4A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C5C43D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva