#C5C843#C5C843

#C5C843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.152 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C843
RGB	rgb(197, 200, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -17.30, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 65.54, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0534 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.152 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6948, 53.5853, 13.2977)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C843 #4643C8

analogous

#C88843 #C5C843 #83C843

triadic

#C5C843 #43C5C8 #C843C5

tetradic

#C5C843 #43C888 #4643C8 #C84383

square

#C5C843 #43C888 #4643C8 #C84383

split-complementary

#C5C843 #4383C8 #8843C8

monochromatic

#6E7021 #9D9F2F #C5C843 #D4D672 #E2E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C5C843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C843

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C843	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 200, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.152 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad87e',
    500: '#c5c843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c843;
$custom-light: #dad87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C843

secondary

#383679

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C843

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

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