#C5B22A#C5B22A

#C5B22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.146 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B22A
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -7.24, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 66.61, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0275 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.146 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3662, 43.8802, 8.5862)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B22A #2A3DC5

analogous

#C5652A #C5B22A #8BC52A

triadic

#C5B22A #2AC5B2 #B22AC5

tetradic

#C5B22A #2AC565 #2A3DC5 #C52A8B

square

#C5B22A #2AC565 #2A3DC5 #C52A8B

split-complementary

#C5B22A #2A8BC5 #652AC5

monochromatic

#605714 #93841F #C5B22A #DAC952 #E5D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C5B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C5B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B22A

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B22A	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.146 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc870',
    500: '#c5b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b22a;
$custom-light: #dbc870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B22A

secondary

#7D87CE

accent

#55E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B22A

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

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