#C5CB57#C5CB57

#C5CB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CB57
RGB	rgb(197, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -17.48, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 58.57, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0518 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.139 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1033, 55.2713, 17.2548)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CB57 #5D57CB

analogous

#CB9757 #C5CB57 #8BCB57

triadic

#C5CB57 #57C5CB #CB57C5

tetradic

#C5CB57 #57CB97 #5D57CB #CB578B

square

#C5CB57 #57CB97 #5D57CB #CB578B

split-complementary

#C5CB57 #578BCB #9757CB

monochromatic

#7B8028 #A8AF36 #C5CB57 #D5D986 #E5E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#C5CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#C5CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CB57

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CB57	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9da8a',
    500: '#c5cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cb57;
$custom-light: #d9da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CB57

secondary

#423F88

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CB57

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

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