#C5B048#C5B048

#C5B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B048
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -4.71, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 54.64, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0171 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7227, 43.3907, 12.4125)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B048 #485DC5

analogous

#C57148 #C5B048 #9BC548

triadic

#C5B048 #48C5B0 #B048C5

tetradic

#C5B048 #48C571 #485DC5 #C5489B

square

#C5B048 #48C571 #485DC5 #C5489B

split-complementary

#C5B048 #489BC5 #7148C5

monochromatic

#6F6323 #9E8C32 #C5B048 #D4C476 #E2D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C5B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B048

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B048	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac77f',
    500: '#c5b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b048;
$custom-light: #dac77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75548,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B048

secondary

#99A2CF

accent

#64DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B048

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

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