#C5CB3E#C5CB3E
#C5CB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.158 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5CB3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 203, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 58%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 69%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.00, -19.06, 65.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.00, 68.59, 106.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.24% -0.0588 0.1467) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.24% 0.158 111.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.2528, 54.9311, 12.7754) |
| Luminance | 0.5493 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.48
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.62
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.29
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.53
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.54
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5CB3E #443ECB
analogous
#CB8B3E #C5CB3E #7FCB3E
triadic
#C5CB3E #3EC5CB #CB3EC5
tetradic
#C5CB3E #3ECB8B #443ECB #CB3E7F
square
#C5CB3E #3ECB8B #443ECB #CB3E7F
split-complementary
#C5CB3E #3E7FCB #8B3ECB
monochromatic
#6D701E #9CA12B #C5CB3E #D3D86E #E2E59E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#C5CB3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#C5CB3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5CB3E
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5CB3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5CB3E | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC226
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC549
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2BFAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5cb3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.158 111.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dada7c',
500: '#c5cb3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5cb3e; $custom-light: #dada7c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5cb3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 203,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.553,
"s": 57.551,
"l": 51.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81243,
"c": 0.15809,
"h": 111.8
},
"luminance": 0.5493
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5CB3E
secondary
#373479
accent
#47E14E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D