#C5C538#C5C538

#C5C538 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	#C5C538
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -16.37, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 68.39, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0519 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.156 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7076, 52.0896, 11.4926)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C538 #3838C5

analogous

#C57F38 #C5C538 #7FC538

triadic

#C5C538 #38C5C5 #C538C5

tetradic

#C5C538 #38C57F #3838C5 #C5387F

square

#C5C538 #38C57F #3838C5 #C5387F

split-complementary

#C5C538 #387FC5 #7F38C5

monochromatic

#66661D #95952A #C5C538 #D4D467 #E1E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C538

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C538	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)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.156 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad678',
    500: '#c5c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c538;
$custom-light: #dad678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79898,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C538

secondary

#313170

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C538

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

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