#C5CB33#C5CB33

#C5CB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.164 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB33
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 74.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -19.58, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 72.28, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0612 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.164 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9809, 54.8223, 11.3436)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB33 #3933CB

analogous

#CB8533 #C5CB33 #79CB33

triadic

#C5CB33 #33C5CB #CB33C5

tetradic

#C5CB33 #33CB85 #3933CB #CB3379

square

#C5CB33 #33CB85 #3933CB #CB3379

split-complementary

#C5CB33 #3379CB #8533CB

monochromatic

#66691A #969A27 #C5CB33 #D3D863 #E1E494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C5CB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#C5CB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB33

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB33	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.164 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada77',
    500: '#c5cb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb33;
$custom-light: #dada77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81173,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB33

secondary

#322F73

accent

#45E34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB33

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

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