#C5C635#C5C635

#C5C635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.158 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C635
RGB	rgb(197, 198, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -17.01, 67.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 69.77, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0539 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.158 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8642, 52.5168, 11.1936)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C635 #3635C6

analogous

#C67F35 #C5C635 #7DC635

triadic

#C5C635 #35C5C6 #C635C5

tetradic

#C5C635 #35C67F #3635C6 #C6357D

square

#C5C635 #35C67F #3635C6 #C6357D

split-complementary

#C5C635 #357DC6 #7F35C6

monochromatic

#65651B #959628 #C5C635 #D4D563 #E2E293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C5C635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#C5C635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C635

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C635	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 198, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.158 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad777',
    500: '#c5c635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c635;
$custom-light: #dad777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80096,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C635

secondary

#302F70

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C635

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

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