#C5B03A#C5B03A

#C5B03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B03A
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -5.51, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 60.42, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.021 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.136 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3169, 43.2284, 10.2751)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B03A #3A4FC5

analogous

#C56A3A #C5B03A #95C53A

triadic

#C5B03A #3AC5B0 #B03AC5

tetradic

#C5B03A #3AC56A #3A4FC5 #C53A95

square

#C5B03A #3AC56A #3A4FC5 #C53A95

split-complementary

#C5B03A #3A95C5 #6A3AC5

monochromatic

#665C1E #96862C #C5B03A #D3C369 #E1D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C5B03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C5B03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B03A

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B03A	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac777',
    500: '#c5b03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b03a;
$custom-light: #dac777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B03A

secondary

#8E98CD

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B03A

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

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