#C5B043#C5B043

#C5B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B043
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -5.01, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 56.78, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0186 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5662, 43.3281, 11.5882)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B043 #4358C5

analogous

#C56F43 #C5B043 #99C543

triadic

#C5B043 #43C5B0 #B043C5

tetradic

#C5B043 #43C56F #4358C5 #C54399

square

#C5B043 #43C56F #4358C5 #C54399

split-complementary

#C5B043 #4399C5 #6F43C5

monochromatic

#6C6021 #9B8A30 #C5B043 #D3C472 #E2D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C5B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B043

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B043	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77c',
    500: '#c5b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b043;
$custom-light: #dac77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B043

secondary

#959FCE

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B043

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

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