#C5C83B#C5C83B

#C5C83B 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	#C5C83B
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -17.73, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 68.48, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0554 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.157 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4711, 53.4958, 12.1199)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C83B #3E3BC8

analogous

#C8853B #C5C83B #7EC83B

triadic

#C5C83B #3BC5C8 #C83BC5

tetradic

#C5C83B #3BC885 #3E3BC8 #C83B7E

square

#C5C83B #3BC885 #3E3BC8 #C83B7E

split-complementary

#C5C83B #3B7EC8 #853BC8

monochromatic

#696B1E #989A2B #C5C83B #D3D56B #E1E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C5C83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C5C83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C83B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C83B	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)

#D8BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.157 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87a',
    500: '#c5c83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c83b;
$custom-light: #dad87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80569,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C83B

secondary

#343374

accent

#48DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C83B

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

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