#C5C837#C5C837

#C5C837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.159 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C837
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -17.92, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 69.86, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0563 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.159 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3714, 53.4559, 11.5944)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C837 #3A37C8

analogous

#C88237 #C5C837 #7DC837

triadic

#C5C837 #37C5C8 #C837C5

tetradic

#C5C837 #37C882 #3A37C8 #C8377D

square

#C5C837 #37C882 #3A37C8 #C8377D

split-complementary

#C5C837 #377DC8 #8237C8

monochromatic

#66681D #96982A #C5C837 #D3D567 #E1E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C5C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C837

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C837	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.159 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad878',
    500: '#c5c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c837;
$custom-light: #dad878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.241,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80543,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C837

secondary

#323172

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C837

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

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