#C5B138#C5B138

#C5B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B138
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -6.13, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 61.50, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.023 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4638, 43.6020, 10.0779)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B138 #384CC5

analogous

#C56A38 #C5B138 #93C538

triadic

#C5B138 #38C5B1 #B138C5

tetradic

#C5B138 #38C56A #384CC5 #C53893

square

#C5B138 #38C56A #384CC5 #C53893

split-complementary

#C5B138 #3893C5 #6A38C5

monochromatic

#665B1D #95862A #C5B138 #D4C467 #E1D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C5B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C5B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B138

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B138	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac776',
    500: '#c5b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b138;
$custom-light: #dac776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B138

secondary

#8C95CD

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B138

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

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