#C5C71A#C5C71A

#C5C71A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.171 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C71A
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 26)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 87%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 86.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -18.38, 74.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 77.17, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0596 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.171 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6376, 52.7931, 8.8685)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C71A #1C1AC7

analogous

#C7731A #C5C71A #6EC71A

triadic

#C5C71A #1AC5C7 #C71AC5

tetradic

#C5C71A #1AC773 #1C1AC7 #C71A6E

square

#C5C71A #1AC773 #1C1AC7 #C71A6E

split-complementary

#C5C71A #1A6EC7 #731AC7

monochromatic

#5A5B0C #8F9113 #C5C71A #E3E539 #EBEC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#C5C71A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#C5C71A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C71A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C71A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C71A	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c71a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.171 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd76d',
    500: '#c5c71a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c71a;
$custom-light: #dbd76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c71a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.694,
    "s": 76.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80193,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C71A

secondary

#201F66

accent

#34F337

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C71A

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

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