#C5C531#C5C531

#C5C531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.160 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C531
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -16.68, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 70.69, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0533 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.16 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5482, 52.0259, 10.6532)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C531 #3131C5

analogous

#C57B31 #C5C531 #7BC531

triadic

#C5C531 #31C5C5 #C531C5

tetradic

#C5C531 #31C57B #3131C5 #C5317B

square

#C5C531 #31C57B #3131C5 #C5317B

split-complementary

#C5C531 #317BC5 #7B31C5

monochromatic

#636319 #949425 #C5C531 #D7D75D #E3E38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#C5C531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C531

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C531	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.160 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad675',
    500: '#c5c531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c531;
$custom-light: #dad675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79856,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C531

secondary

#2D2D6E

accent

#44E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C531

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

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