#C5C831#C5C831

#C5C831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C831
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -18.17, 69.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 71.78, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0575 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2362, 53.4019, 10.8825)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C831 #3431C8

analogous

#C88031 #C5C831 #7AC831

triadic

#C5C831 #31C5C8 #C831C5

tetradic

#C5C831 #31C880 #3431C8 #C8317A

square

#C5C831 #31C880 #3431C8 #C8317A

split-complementary

#C5C831 #317AC8 #8031C8

monochromatic

#646619 #959725 #C5C831 #D5D85F #E2E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#C5C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C831

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C831	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad875',
    500: '#c5c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c831;
$custom-light: #dad875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80508,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C831

secondary

#2F2D70

accent

#44E447

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C831

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

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