#C5B040#C5B040

#C5B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B040
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -5.19, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 58.03, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0195 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4785, 43.2930, 11.1264)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B040 #4055C5

analogous

#C56D40 #C5B040 #97C540

triadic

#C5B040 #40C5B0 #B040C5

tetradic

#C5B040 #40C56D #4055C5 #C54097

square

#C5B040 #40C56D #4055C5 #C54097

split-complementary

#C5B040 #4097C5 #6D40C5

monochromatic

#6A5F20 #99882F #C5B040 #D3C36F #E2D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C5B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B040

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B040	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77b',
    500: '#c5b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b040;
$custom-light: #dac77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75475,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B040

secondary

#939CCE

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B040

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

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