#C5C524#C5C524

#C5C524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.166 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C524
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -17.13, 72.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 74.33, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0556 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.166 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3124, 51.9316, 9.4110)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C524 #2424C5

analogous

#C57424 #C5C524 #74C524

triadic

#C5C524 #24C5C5 #C524C5

tetradic

#C5C524 #24C574 #2424C5 #C52474

square

#C5C524 #24C574 #2424C5 #C52474

split-complementary

#C5C524 #2474C5 #7424C5

monochromatic

#5E5E11 #91911B #C5C524 #DEDE49 #E7E77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C5C524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C524

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C524	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.166 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd670',
    500: '#c5c524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c524;
$custom-light: #dbd670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.099,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79793,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C524

secondary

#242469

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C524

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

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