#C5B02A#C5B02A

#C5B02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B02A
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -6.20, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 66.03, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0246 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9712, 43.0901, 8.4545)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B02A #2A3FC5

analogous

#C5632A #C5B02A #8DC52A

triadic

#C5B02A #2AC5B0 #B02AC5

tetradic

#C5B02A #2AC563 #2A3FC5 #C52A8D

square

#C5B02A #2AC563 #2A3FC5 #C52A8D

split-complementary

#C5B02A #2A8DC5 #632AC5

monochromatic

#605614 #93831F #C5B02A #DAC852 #E5D885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C5B02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C5B02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B02A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B02A	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc76f',
    500: '#c5b02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b02a;
$custom-light: #dbc76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.871,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75322,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B02A

secondary

#7D88CE

accent

#57E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B02A

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

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