#C5C83C#C5C83C

#C5C83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C83C
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -17.68, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 68.13, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0551 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4973, 53.5063, 12.2579)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C83C #3F3CC8

analogous

#C8853C #C5C83C #7FC83C

triadic

#C5C83C #3CC5C8 #C83CC5

tetradic

#C5C83C #3CC885 #3F3CC8 #C83C7F

square

#C5C83C #3CC885 #3F3CC8 #C83C7F

split-complementary

#C5C83C #3C7FC8 #853CC8

monochromatic

#6A6B1E #999B2C #C5C83C #D3D56C #E1E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C5C83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C83C

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C83C	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D8BF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87b',
    500: '#c5c83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c83c;
$custom-light: #dad87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C83C

secondary

#353375

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C83C

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

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