#C5C73B#C5C73B

#C5C73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.156 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C73B
RGB	rgb(197, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -17.23, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 68.10, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.054 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.156 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2403, 53.0342, 12.0430)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C73B #3D3BC7

analogous

#C7833B #C5C73B #7FC73B

triadic

#C5C73B #3BC5C7 #C73BC5

tetradic

#C5C73B #3BC783 #3D3BC7 #C73B7F

square

#C5C73B #3BC783 #3D3BC7 #C73B7F

split-complementary

#C5C73B #3B7FC7 #833BC7

monochromatic

#68691E #98992C #C5C73B #D3D56B #E1E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C5C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C5C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C73B

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C73B	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.156 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad77a',
    500: '#c5c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c73b;
$custom-light: #dad77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80352,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C73B

secondary

#343373

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C73B

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

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