#C5B23E#C5B23E

#C5B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B23E
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -6.35, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 59.48, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.023 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8176, 44.0607, 10.9637)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B23E #3E51C5

analogous

#C56F3E #C5B23E #94C53E

triadic

#C5B23E #3EC5B2 #B23EC5

tetradic

#C5B23E #3EC56F #3E51C5 #C53E94

square

#C5B23E #3EC56F #3E51C5 #C53E94

split-complementary

#C5B23E #3E94C5 #6F3EC5

monochromatic

#695F20 #98892E #C5B23E #D3C56D #E1D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C5B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B23E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B23E	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)

#C3AD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87a',
    500: '#c5b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b23e;
$custom-light: #dac87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B23E

secondary

#919ACD

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B23E

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

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