#C5B239#C5B239

#C5B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B239
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -6.61, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 61.43, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0243 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6867, 44.0084, 10.2741)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B239 #394CC5

analogous

#C56C39 #C5B239 #92C539

triadic

#C5B239 #39C5B2 #B239C5

tetradic

#C5B239 #39C56C #394CC5 #C53992

square

#C5B239 #39C56C #394CC5 #C53992

split-complementary

#C5B239 #3992C5 #6C39C5

monochromatic

#665C1E #96872B #C5B239 #D3C568 #E1D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C5B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B239

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B239	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac877',
    500: '#c5b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b239;
$custom-light: #dac877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7584,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B239

secondary

#8D96CD

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B239

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

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