#C5CB36#C5CB36

#C5CB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.163 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB36
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -19.45, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 71.32, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0606 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.163 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0492, 54.8497, 11.7033)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB36 #3C36CB

analogous

#CB8636 #C5CB36 #7ACB36

triadic

#C5CB36 #36C5CB #CB36C5

tetradic

#C5CB36 #36CB86 #3C36CB #CB367A

square

#C5CB36 #36CB86 #3C36CB #CB367A

split-complementary

#C5CB36 #367ACB #8636CB

monochromatic

#686B1C #979C28 #C5CB36 #D3D867 #E1E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C5CB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB36

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB36	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.163 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada78',
    500: '#c5cb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb36;
$custom-light: #dada78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.416,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB36

secondary

#333175

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB36

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

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