#C5C679#C5C679

#C5C679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.099 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C679
RGB	rgb(197, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 38.9%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -11.79, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 40.22, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0324 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.099 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6718, 53.6399, 25.9804)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C679 #7A79C6

analogous

#C6A079 #C5C679 #9FC679

triadic

#C5C679 #79C5C6 #C679C5

tetradic

#C5C679 #79C6A0 #7A79C6 #C6799F

square

#C5C679 #79C6A0 #7A79C6 #C6799F

split-complementary

#C5C679 #799FC6 #A079C6

monochromatic

#898A3B #B2B44E #C5C679 #D8D8A4 #EAEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#C5C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C679

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C679	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.099 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d7a1',
    500: '#c5c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c679;
$custom-light: #d8d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.779,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80838,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C679

secondary

#525292

accent

#32B334

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C679

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

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