#C5C737#C5C737

#C5C737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.158 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C737
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -17.42, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 69.48, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0549 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.158 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1405, 52.9942, 11.5174)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C737 #3937C7

analogous

#C78137 #C5C737 #7DC737

triadic

#C5C737 #37C5C7 #C737C5

tetradic

#C5C737 #37C781 #3937C7 #C7377D

square

#C5C737 #37C781 #3937C7 #C7377D

split-complementary

#C5C737 #377DC7 #8137C7

monochromatic

#66671C #96972A #C5C737 #D3D566 #E1E296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C5C737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C737

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C737	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)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.158 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad778',
    500: '#c5c737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c737;
$custom-light: #dad778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80326,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C737

secondary

#323171

accent

#48E04A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C737

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

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