#C5C43E#C5C43E

#C5C43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C43E
RGB	rgb(197, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -15.57, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 65.87, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0491 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.151 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.6369, 51.6993, 12.2368)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C43E #3E3FC5

analogous

#C5813E #C5C43E #82C53E

triadic

#C5C43E #3EC5C4 #C43EC5

tetradic

#C5C43E #3EC581 #3E3FC5 #C53E82

square

#C5C43E #3EC581 #3E3FC5 #C53E82

split-complementary

#C5C43E #3E82C5 #813EC5

monochromatic

#696820 #98972E #C5C43E #D3D26D #E1E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C5C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C5C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C43E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C43E	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad57b',
    500: '#c5c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c43e;
$custom-light: #dad57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.51698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C43E

secondary

#343573

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C43E

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

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