#C5C543#C5C543

#C5C543 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.149 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C543
RGB	rgb(197, 197, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -15.80, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 64.36, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0492 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.149 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0068, 52.2093, 13.0684)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C543 #4343C5

analogous

#C58443 #C5C543 #84C543

triadic

#C5C543 #43C5C5 #C543C5

tetradic

#C5C543 #43C584 #4343C5 #C54384

square

#C5C543 #43C584 #4343C5 #C54384

split-complementary

#C5C543 #4384C5 #8443C5

monochromatic

#6C6C21 #9B9B30 #C5C543 #D3D372 #E2E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C5C543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C5C543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C543

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C543	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 197, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.149 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad67e',
    500: '#c5c543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c543;
$custom-light: #dad67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79978,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C543

secondary

#363676

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C543

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

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