#C5CB3A#C5CB3A

#C5CB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.161 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB3A
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -19.26, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 69.99, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0598 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.161 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1471, 54.8888, 12.2185)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB3A #403ACB

analogous

#CB883A #C5CB3A #7CCB3A

triadic

#C5CB3A #3AC5CB #CB3AC5

tetradic

#C5CB3A #3ACB88 #403ACB #CB3A7C

square

#C5CB3A #3ACB88 #403ACB #CB3A7C

split-complementary

#C5CB3A #3A7CCB #883ACB

monochromatic

#6A6E1D #999E2A #C5CB3A #D3D86A #E2E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C5CB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB3A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB3A	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.161 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada7a',
    500: '#c5cb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb3a;
$custom-light: #dada7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81216,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB3A

secondary

#353277

accent

#46E14D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB3A

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

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