#C5B149#C5B149

#C5B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B149
RGB	rgb(197, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -5.16, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 54.54, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0183 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9524, 43.7974, 12.6513)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B149 #495DC5

analogous

#C57349 #C5B149 #9BC549

triadic

#C5B149 #49C5B1 #B149C5

tetradic

#C5B149 #49C573 #495DC5 #C5499B

square

#C5B149 #49C573 #495DC5 #C5499B

split-complementary

#C5B149 #499BC5 #7349C5

monochromatic

#706424 #9E8D32 #C5B149 #D4C577 #E3D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C5B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C5B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B149

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B149	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac880',
    500: '#c5b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b149;
$custom-light: #dac880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B149

secondary

#9AA3D0

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B149

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

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