#C5B042#C5B042

#C5B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B042
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -5.07, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 57.20, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0189 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5364, 43.3162, 11.4315)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B042 #4257C5

analogous

#C56F42 #C5B042 #98C542

triadic

#C5B042 #42C5B0 #B042C5

tetradic

#C5B042 #42C56F #4257C5 #C54298

square

#C5B042 #42C56F #4257C5 #C54298

split-complementary

#C5B042 #4298C5 #6F42C5

monochromatic

#6C6021 #9A892F #C5B042 #D3C471 #E2D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C5B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B042

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B042	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77c',
    500: '#c5b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b042;
$custom-light: #dac77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75492,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B042

secondary

#959ECE

accent

#63DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B042

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

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