#C5C528#C5C528

#C5C528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C528
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -17.01, 71.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 73.31, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.055 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3769, 51.9574, 9.7509)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C528 #2828C5

analogous

#C57728 #C5C528 #77C528

triadic

#C5C528 #28C5C5 #C528C5

tetradic

#C5C528 #28C577 #2828C5 #C52877

square

#C5C528 #28C577 #2828C5 #C52877

split-complementary

#C5C528 #2877C5 #7728C5

monochromatic

#5F5F13 #92921E #C5C528 #DBDB4F #E6E682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#C5C528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C528

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C528	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)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd671',
    500: '#c5c528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c528;
$custom-light: #dbd671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.245,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7981,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C528

secondary

#27276A

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C528

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

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