#C5C53B#C5C53B

#C5C53B 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	#C5C53B
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -16.23, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 67.34, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0512 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7832, 52.1199, 11.8906)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C53B #3B3BC5

analogous

#C5803B #C5C53B #80C53B

triadic

#C5C53B #3BC5C5 #C53BC5

tetradic

#C5C53B #3BC580 #3B3BC5 #C53B80

square

#C5C53B #3BC580 #3B3BC5 #C53B80

split-complementary

#C5C53B #3B80C5 #803BC5

monochromatic

#67671F #96962C #C5C53B #D3D36A #E1E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#C5C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C53B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C53B	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)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad67a',
    500: '#c5c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c53b;
$custom-light: #dad67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79919,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C53B

secondary

#333371

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C53B

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

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