#C5CB37#C5CB37

#C5CB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.162 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB37
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -19.40, 68.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 71.00, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0604 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.162 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0730, 54.8591, 11.8282)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB37 #3D37CB

analogous

#CB8737 #C5CB37 #7BCB37

triadic

#C5CB37 #37C5CB #CB37C5

tetradic

#C5CB37 #37CB87 #3D37CB #CB377B

square

#C5CB37 #37CB87 #3D37CB #CB377B

split-complementary

#C5CB37 #377BCB #8737CB

monochromatic

#686C1C #989C29 #C5CB37 #D3D868 #E1E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C5CB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB37

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB37	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)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.162 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada79',
    500: '#c5cb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb37;
$custom-light: #dada79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.1623,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB37

secondary

#343175

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB37

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

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