#C5C736#C5C736

#C5C736 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 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C736
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -17.46, 67.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 69.81, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0551 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.159 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1168, 52.9848, 11.3925)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C736 #3836C7

analogous

#C78136 #C5C736 #7CC736

triadic

#C5C736 #36C5C7 #C736C5

tetradic

#C5C736 #36C781 #3836C7 #C7367C

square

#C5C736 #36C781 #3836C7 #C7367C

split-complementary

#C5C736 #367CC7 #8136C7

monochromatic

#66671C #959729 #C5C736 #D4D565 #E1E295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C5C736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C736

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C736	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.159 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad778',
    500: '#c5c736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c736;
$custom-light: #dad778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8032,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C736

secondary

#313071

accent

#47E149

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C736

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

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