#C5C738#C5C738

#C5C738 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	#C5C738
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -17.37, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 69.14, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0547 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.158 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1647, 53.0039, 11.6449)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C738 #3A38C7

analogous

#C78138 #C5C738 #7EC738

triadic

#C5C738 #38C5C7 #C738C5

tetradic

#C5C738 #38C781 #3A38C7 #C7387E

square

#C5C738 #38C781 #3A38C7 #C7387E

split-complementary

#C5C738 #387EC7 #8138C7

monochromatic

#66671D #96972B #C5C738 #D3D468 #E1E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C5C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C738

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C738	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)

#D7BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.158 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad779',
    500: '#c5c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c738;
$custom-light: #dad779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80332,
    "c": 0.15768,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C738

secondary

#323272

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C738

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

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