#C5CF38#C5CF38

#C5CF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.166 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5CF38
RGB	rgb(197, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -21.32, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 72.22, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0657 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.166 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0540, 56.7825, 12.2747)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5CF38 #4238CF

analogous

#CF8E38 #C5CF38 #79CF38

triadic

#C5CF38 #38C5CF #CF38C5

tetradic

#C5CF38 #38CF8E #4238CF #CF3879

square

#C5CF38 #38CF8E #4238CF #CF3879

split-complementary

#C5CF38 #3879CF #8E38CF

monochromatic

#6C711B #9AA327 #C5CF38 #D3DB69 #E2E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C5CF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#C5CF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5CF38

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5CF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5CF38	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5cf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.166 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadd79',
    500: '#c5cf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5cf38;
$custom-light: #dadd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5cf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.974,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5CF38

secondary

#36317A

accent

#44E44E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5CF38

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

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