#C5C841#C5C841

#C5C841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.153 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C841
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -17.41, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 66.30, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0539 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.153 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6358, 53.5617, 12.9872)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C841 #4441C8

analogous

#C88741 #C5C841 #82C841

triadic

#C5C841 #41C5C8 #C841C5

tetradic

#C5C841 #41C887 #4441C8 #C84182

square

#C5C841 #41C887 #4441C8 #C84182

split-complementary

#C5C841 #4182C8 #8741C8

monochromatic

#6D6F20 #9C9E2E #C5C841 #D3D670 #E2E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C5C841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C841

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C841	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.153 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87d',
    500: '#c5c841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c841;
$custom-light: #dad87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80613,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C841

secondary

#373578

accent

#49DE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C841

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

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