#C5B23A#C5B23A

#C5B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B23A
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -6.56, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 61.05, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.024 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7119, 44.0184, 10.4068)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B23A #3A4DC5

analogous

#C56D3A #C5B23A #92C53A

triadic

#C5B23A #3AC5B2 #B23AC5

tetradic

#C5B23A #3AC56D #3A4DC5 #C53A92

square

#C5B23A #3AC56D #3A4DC5 #C53A92

split-complementary

#C5B23A #3A92C5 #6D3AC5

monochromatic

#665D1E #96872C #C5B23A #D3C469 #E1D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C5B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B23A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B23A	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)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac878',
    500: '#c5b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b23a;
$custom-light: #dac878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B23A

secondary

#8E97CD

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B23A

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

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