#C5C525#C5C525

#C5C525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.165 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C525
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -17.10, 72.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 74.08, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0554 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3278, 51.9377, 9.4925)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C525 #2525C5

analogous

#C57525 #C5C525 #75C525

triadic

#C5C525 #25C5C5 #C525C5

tetradic

#C5C525 #25C575 #2525C5 #C52575

square

#C5C525 #25C575 #2525C5 #C52575

split-complementary

#C5C525 #2575C5 #7525C5

monochromatic

#5E5E12 #91911B #C5C525 #DDDD4A #E7E77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C5C525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C525

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C525	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)

#D7C135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd670',
    500: '#c5c525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c525;
$custom-light: #dbd670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.376,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79797,
    "c": 0.16511,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C525

secondary

#252569

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C525

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

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