#C5CB53#C5CB53

#C5CB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB53
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -17.77, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 60.30, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0531 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.143 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9444, 55.2077, 16.4178)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB53 #5953CB

analogous

#CB9553 #C5CB53 #89CB53

triadic

#C5CB53 #53C5CB #CB53C5

tetradic

#C5CB53 #53CB95 #5953CB #CB5389

square

#C5CB53 #53CB95 #5953CB #CB5389

split-complementary

#C5CB53 #5389CB #9553CB

monochromatic

#797E26 #A7AD34 #C5CB53 #D5D982 #E5E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#C5CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB53

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB53	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da88',
    500: '#c5cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb53;
$custom-light: #d9da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB53

secondary

#403D86

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB53

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

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