#C5CB3B#C5CB3B

#C5CB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.160 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB3B
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -19.21, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 69.64, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0595 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.16 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1728, 54.8991, 12.3538)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB3B #413BCB

analogous

#CB893B #C5CB3B #7DCB3B

triadic

#C5CB3B #3BC5CB #CB3BC5

tetradic

#C5CB3B #3BCB89 #413BCB #CB3B7D

square

#C5CB3B #3BCB89 #413BCB #CB3B7D

split-complementary

#C5CB3B #3B7DCB #893BCB

monochromatic

#6B6E1D #9A9F2A #C5CB3B #D3D86B #E2E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C5CB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#C5CB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB3B

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB3B	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)

#DAC221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.160 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dada7b',
    500: '#c5cb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb3b;
$custom-light: #dada7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB3B

secondary

#353378

accent

#47E14D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB3B

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

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