#C5C726#C5C726

#C5C726 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.167 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C726
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -18.07, 72.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 74.52, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0581 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.167 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8009, 52.8584, 9.7288)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C726 #2826C7

analogous

#C77926 #C5C726 #75C726

triadic

#C5C726 #26C5C7 #C726C5

tetradic

#C5C726 #26C779 #2826C7 #C72675

square

#C5C726 #26C779 #2826C7 #C72675

split-complementary

#C5C726 #2675C7 #7926C7

monochromatic

#5F6012 #92941C #C5C726 #DBDD4D #E6E781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#C5C726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C726

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C726	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.167 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd771',
    500: '#c5c726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c726;
$custom-light: #dbd771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.745,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80236,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C726

secondary

#27266B

accent

#3DEB3F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C726

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

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