#C5B141#C5B141

#C5B141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B141
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -5.66, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 57.94, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0207 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.132 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.7040, 43.6981, 11.3432)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B141 #4155C5

analogous

#C56F41 #C5B141 #97C541

triadic

#C5B141 #41C5B1 #B141C5

tetradic

#C5B141 #41C56F #4155C5 #C54197

square

#C5B141 #41C56F #4155C5 #C54197

split-complementary

#C5B141 #4197C5 #6F41C5

monochromatic

#6B6021 #9A8A2F #C5B141 #D3C470 #E2D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C5B141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C5B141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B141

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B141	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)

#C2AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87b',
    500: '#c5b141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b141;
$custom-light: #dac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75693,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B141

secondary

#949DCE

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B141

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

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