#C5B241#C5B241

#C5B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B241
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -6.18, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 58.27, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0222 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9022, 44.0946, 11.4093)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B241 #4154C5

analogous

#C57041 #C5B241 #96C541

triadic

#C5B241 #41C5B2 #B241C5

tetradic

#C5B241 #41C570 #4154C5 #C54196

square

#C5B241 #41C570 #4154C5 #C54196

split-complementary

#C5B241 #4196C5 #7041C5

monochromatic

#6B6021 #9A8A2F #C5B241 #D3C570 #E2D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C5B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B241

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B241	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)

#C3AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87b',
    500: '#c5b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b241;
$custom-light: #dac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B241

secondary

#949CCE

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B241

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

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