#C5B03B#C5B03B

#C5B03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B03B
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -5.46, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 60.03, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0208 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3425, 43.2386, 10.4104)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B03B #3B50C5

analogous

#C56B3B #C5B03B #95C53B

triadic

#C5B03B #3BC5B0 #B03BC5

tetradic

#C5B03B #3BC56B #3B50C5 #C53B95

square

#C5B03B #3BC56B #3B50C5 #C53B95

split-complementary

#C5B03B #3B95C5 #6B3BC5

monochromatic

#675C1F #96862C #C5B03B #D3C36A #E1D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C5B03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C5B03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B03B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B03B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac778',
    500: '#c5b03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b03b;
$custom-light: #dac778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B03B

secondary

#8F98CD

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B03B

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

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