#C5C838#C5C838

#C5C838 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	#C5C838
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -17.87, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 69.52, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0561 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.159 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3956, 53.4656, 11.7219)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C838 #3B38C8

analogous

#C88338 #C5C838 #7DC838

triadic

#C5C838 #38C5C8 #C838C5

tetradic

#C5C838 #38C883 #3B38C8 #C8387D

square

#C5C838 #38C883 #3B38C8 #C8387D

split-complementary

#C5C838 #387DC8 #8338C8

monochromatic

#67691D #96992A #C5C838 #D3D568 #E1E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C5C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C838

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C838	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)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.159 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad879',
    500: '#c5c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c838;
$custom-light: #dad879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80549,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C838

secondary

#333273

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C838

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

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