#C5B140#C5B140

#C5B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B140
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -5.71, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 58.35, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0209 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6753, 43.6866, 11.1920)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B140 #4054C5

analogous

#C56E40 #C5B140 #97C540

triadic

#C5B140 #40C5B1 #B140C5

tetradic

#C5B140 #40C56E #4054C5 #C54097

square

#C5B140 #40C56E #4054C5 #C54097

split-complementary

#C5B140 #4097C5 #6E40C5

monochromatic

#6A5F20 #99892F #C5B140 #D3C46F #E2D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C5B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C5B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B140

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B140	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87b',
    500: '#c5b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b140;
$custom-light: #dac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B140

secondary

#939CCE

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B140

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

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