#C5B23D#C5B23D

#C5B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B23D
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -6.40, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 59.88, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0232 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7905, 44.0499, 10.8205)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B23D #3D50C5

analogous

#C56E3D #C5B23D #94C53D

triadic

#C5B23D #3DC5B2 #B23DC5

tetradic

#C5B23D #3DC56E #3D50C5 #C53D94

square

#C5B23D #3DC56E #3D50C5 #C53D94

split-complementary

#C5B23D #3D94C5 #6E3DC5

monochromatic

#685E1F #98892D #C5B23D #D3C56C #E1D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C5B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B23D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B23D	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac879',
    500: '#c5b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b23d;
$custom-light: #dac879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B23D

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5FDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B23D

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

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