#C5C91C#C5C91C

#C5C91C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.172 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5C91C
RGB	rgb(197, 201, 28)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 86.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -19.33, 75.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 77.46, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0621 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.172 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1239, 53.7287, 9.1448)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5C91C #201CC9

analogous

#C9761C #C5C91C #6FC91C

triadic

#C5C91C #1CC5C9 #C91CC5

tetradic

#C5C91C #1CC976 #201CC9 #C91C6F

square

#C5C91C #1CC976 #201CC9 #C91C6F

split-complementary

#C5C91C #1C6FC9 #761CC9

monochromatic

#5C5E0D #909315 #C5C91C #E0E43E #E9EC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C5C91C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C5C91C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5C91C

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5C91C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5C91C	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5c91c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 201, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.172 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd96e',
    500: '#c5c91c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5c91c;
$custom-light: #dbd96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5c91c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.387,
    "s": 75.546,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5C91C

secondary

#222069

accent

#36F23A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5C91C

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

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