#C5B044#C5B044

#C5B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B044
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -4.95, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 56.36, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0183 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5964, 43.3402, 11.7475)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B044 #4459C5

analogous

#C57044 #C5B044 #99C544

triadic

#C5B044 #44C5B0 #B044C5

tetradic

#C5B044 #44C570 #4459C5 #C54499

square

#C5B044 #44C570 #4459C5 #C54499

split-complementary

#C5B044 #4499C5 #7044C5

monochromatic

#6D6122 #9C8A30 #C5B044 #D3C473 #E2D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C5B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B044

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B044	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)

#C0AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77d',
    500: '#c5b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b044;
$custom-light: #dac77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B044

secondary

#969FCF

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B044

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

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