#C5B034#C5B034

#C5B034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B034
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -5.80, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 62.66, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0225 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1730, 43.1708, 9.5176)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B034 #3449C5

analogous

#C56834 #C5B034 #92C534

triadic

#C5B034 #34C5B0 #B034C5

tetradic

#C5B034 #34C568 #3449C5 #C53492

square

#C5B034 #34C568 #3449C5 #C53492

split-complementary

#C5B034 #3492C5 #6834C5

monochromatic

#64591A #958527 #C5B034 #D5C461 #E2D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C5B034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C5B034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B034

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B034	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac774',
    500: '#c5b034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b034;
$custom-light: #dac774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B034

secondary

#8892CD

accent

#5DE146

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B034

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

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