#C5C537#C5C537

#C5C537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.156 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C537
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -16.42, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 68.73, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0521 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6834, 52.0800, 11.3650)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C537 #3737C5

analogous

#C57E37 #C5C537 #7EC537

triadic

#C5C537 #37C5C5 #C537C5

tetradic

#C5C537 #37C57E #3737C5 #C5377E

square

#C5C537 #37C57E #3737C5 #C5377E

split-complementary

#C5C537 #377EC5 #7E37C5

monochromatic

#65651C #95952A #C5C537 #D4D465 #E1E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C537

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C537	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad678',
    500: '#c5c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c537;
$custom-light: #dad678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79892,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C537

secondary

#313170

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C537

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

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