#C5B240#C5B240

#C5B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B240
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -6.24, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 58.68, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0224 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8735, 44.0831, 11.2581)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B240 #4053C5

analogous

#C56F40 #C5B240 #95C540

triadic

#C5B240 #40C5B2 #B240C5

tetradic

#C5B240 #40C56F #4053C5 #C54095

square

#C5B240 #40C56F #4053C5 #C54095

split-complementary

#C5B240 #4095C5 #6F40C5

monochromatic

#6A6020 #998A2F #C5B240 #D3C56F #E2D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C5B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B240

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B240	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87b',
    500: '#c5b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b240;
$custom-light: #dac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75895,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B240

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B240

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

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