#C5B038#C5B038

#C5B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B038
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -5.61, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 61.19, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0215 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2670, 43.2084, 10.0123)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B038 #384DC5

analogous

#C56A38 #C5B038 #93C538

triadic

#C5B038 #38C5B0 #B038C5

tetradic

#C5B038 #38C56A #384DC5 #C53893

square

#C5B038 #38C56A #384DC5 #C53893

split-complementary

#C5B038 #3893C5 #6A38C5

monochromatic

#665B1D #95852A #C5B038 #D4C367 #E1D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C5B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C5B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B038

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B038	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac776',
    500: '#c5b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b038;
$custom-light: #dac776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B038

secondary

#8C96CD

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B038

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

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