#C5CB38#C5CB38

#C5CB38 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	#C5CB38
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -19.36, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 70.67, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0602 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.162 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0972, 54.8688, 11.9558)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB38 #3E38CB

analogous

#CB8738 #C5CB38 #7BCB38

triadic

#C5CB38 #38C5CB #CB38C5

tetradic

#C5CB38 #38CB87 #3E38CB #CB387B

square

#C5CB38 #38CB87 #3E38CB #CB387B

split-complementary

#C5CB38 #387BCB #8738CB

monochromatic

#696C1C #989D29 #C5CB38 #D3D869 #E1E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#C5CB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB38

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB38	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)

#DBC21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.162 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada79',
    500: '#c5cb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb38;
$custom-light: #dada79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB38

secondary

#343176

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB38

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

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