#C5AB3B#C5AB3B

#C5AB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AB3B
RGB	rgb(197, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -2.83, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 58.52, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0133 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3802, 41.3139, 10.0896)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AB3B #3B55C5

analogous

#C5663B #C5AB3B #9AC53B

triadic

#C5AB3B #3BC5AB #AB3BC5

tetradic

#C5AB3B #3BC566 #3B55C5 #C53B9A

square

#C5AB3B #3BC566 #3B55C5 #C53B9A

split-complementary

#C5AB3B #3B9AC5 #663BC5

monochromatic

#67591F #96822C #C5AB3B #D3BF6A #E1D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C5AB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C5AB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AB3B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AB3B	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac377',
    500: '#c5ab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ab3b;
$custom-light: #dac377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AB3B

secondary

#8F9BCD

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AB3B

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

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