#C5C735#C5C735

#C5C735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.159 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C735
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -17.51, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 70.14, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0553 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0935, 52.9755, 11.2700)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C735 #3735C7

analogous

#C78035 #C5C735 #7CC735

triadic

#C5C735 #35C5C7 #C735C5

tetradic

#C5C735 #35C780 #3735C7 #C7357C

square

#C5C735 #35C780 #3735C7 #C7357C

split-complementary

#C5C735 #357CC7 #8035C7

monochromatic

#65661B #959728 #C5C735 #D4D664 #E1E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C5C735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C735

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C735	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad777',
    500: '#c5c735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c735;
$custom-light: #dad777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C735

secondary

#313071

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C735

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

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