#C5B04A#C5B04A

#C5B04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B04A
RGB	rgb(197, 176, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -4.57, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 53.76, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0165 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7890, 43.4172, 12.7618)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B04A #4A5FC5

analogous

#C5724A #C5B04A #9CC54A

triadic

#C5B04A #4AC5B0 #B04AC5

tetradic

#C5B04A #4AC572 #4A5FC5 #C54A9C

square

#C5B04A #4AC572 #4A5FC5 #C54A9C

split-complementary

#C5B04A #4A9CC5 #724AC5

monochromatic

#716324 #9F8C33 #C5B04A #D4C478 #E3D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C5B04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C5B04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B04A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B04A	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)

#C0AC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 176, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac781',
    500: '#c5b04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b04a;
$custom-light: #dac781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B04A

secondary

#9BA4D0

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B04A

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

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