#C5B142#C5B142

#C5B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B142
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -5.60, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 57.53, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0204 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.7332, 43.7098, 11.4971)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B142 #4256C5

analogous

#C57042 #C5B142 #97C542

triadic

#C5B142 #42C5B1 #B142C5

tetradic

#C5B142 #42C570 #4256C5 #C54297

square

#C5B142 #42C570 #4256C5 #C54297

split-complementary

#C5B142 #4297C5 #7042C5

monochromatic

#6C6021 #9A8A2F #C5B142 #D3C471 #E2D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C5B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C5B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B142

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B142	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)

#C2AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87c',
    500: '#c5b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b142;
$custom-light: #dac87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B142

secondary

#959DCE

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B142

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

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