#C5C83A#C5C83A

#C5C83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.157 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C83A
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -17.77, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 68.83, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0556 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.157 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4455, 53.4856, 11.9847)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C83A #3D3AC8

analogous

#C8843A #C5C83A #7EC83A

triadic

#C5C83A #3AC5C8 #C83AC5

tetradic

#C5C83A #3AC884 #3D3AC8 #C83A7E

square

#C5C83A #3AC884 #3D3AC8 #C83A7E

split-complementary

#C5C83A #3A7EC8 #843AC8

monochromatic

#686A1E #989A2B #C5C83A #D3D56A #E1E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C5C83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C83A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C83A	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.157 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87a',
    500: '#c5c83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c83a;
$custom-light: #dad87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80563,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C83A

secondary

#343274

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C83A

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

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