#C5CB40#C5CB40
#C5CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.157 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C5CB40 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(197, 203, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 57%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 68%, 80%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.01, -18.96, 65.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.01, 67.86, 106.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.26% -0.0583 0.1455) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.26% 0.157 111.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3087, 54.9534, 13.0698) |
| Luminance | 0.5495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.60
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.73
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.38
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.65
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.66
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C5CB40 #4640CB
analogous
#CB8C40 #C5CB40 #7FCB40
triadic
#C5CB40 #40C5CB #CB40C5
tetradic
#C5CB40 #40CB8C #4640CB #CB407F
square
#C5CB40 #40CB8C #4640CB #CB407F
split-complementary
#C5CB40 #407FCB #8C40CB
monochromatic
#6E721F #9DA22C #C5CB40 #D4D870 #E2E5A0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#C5CB40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#C5CB40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C5CB40
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C5CB40 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C5CB40 | 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)
#DAC22A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC54A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2BFAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c5cb40; /* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.157 111.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dada7d',
500: '#c5cb40',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c5cb40; $custom-light: #dada7d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c5cb40",
"rgb": {
"r": 197,
"g": 203,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.59,
"s": 57.202,
"l": 52.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81257,
"c": 0.1568,
"h": 111.8
},
"luminance": 0.54952
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C5CB40
secondary
#38357B
accent
#47E04E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D