#C5B045#C5B045

#C5B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B045
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -4.89, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 55.93, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.018 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6272, 43.3525, 11.9096)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B045 #455AC5

analogous

#C57045 #C5B045 #9AC545

triadic

#C5B045 #45C5B0 #B045C5

tetradic

#C5B045 #45C570 #455AC5 #C5459A

square

#C5B045 #45C570 #455AC5 #C5459A

split-complementary

#C5B045 #459AC5 #7045C5

monochromatic

#6D6122 #9C8A31 #C5B045 #D4C474 #E2D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C5B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B045

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B045	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)

#C0AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77e',
    500: '#c5b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b045;
$custom-light: #dac77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B045

secondary

#97A0CF

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B045

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

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