#C5C53A#C5C53A

#C5C53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C53A
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -16.28, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 67.69, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0514 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.155 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7575, 52.1096, 11.7553)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C53A #3A3AC5

analogous

#C5803A #C5C53A #80C53A

triadic

#C5C53A #3AC5C5 #C53AC5

tetradic

#C5C53A #3AC580 #3A3AC5 #C53A80

square

#C5C53A #3AC580 #3A3AC5 #C53A80

split-complementary

#C5C53A #3A7FC5 #7F3AC5

monochromatic

#66661E #96962C #C5C53A #D3D369 #E1E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5C53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C53A

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C53A	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)

#D5BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad679',
    500: '#c5c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c53a;
$custom-light: #dad679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C53A

secondary

#323271

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C53A

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

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