#C5B147#C5B147

#C5B147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B147
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -5.29, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 55.41, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.019 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8871, 43.7713, 12.3077)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B147 #475BC5

analogous

#C57247 #C5B147 #9AC547

triadic

#C5B147 #47C5B1 #B147C5

tetradic

#C5B147 #47C572 #475BC5 #C5479A

square

#C5B147 #47C572 #475BC5 #C5479A

split-complementary

#C5B147 #479AC5 #7247C5

monochromatic

#6F6323 #9D8C32 #C5B147 #D4C576 #E2D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C5B147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C5B147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B147

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B147	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87f',
    500: '#c5b147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b147;
$custom-light: #dac87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B147

secondary

#99A1CF

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B147

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

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