#C5B242#C5B242

#C5B242 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	#C5B242
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -6.12, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 57.85, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0219 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9315, 44.1063, 11.5632)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B242 #4255C5

analogous

#C57142 #C5B242 #97C542

triadic

#C5B242 #42C5B2 #B242C5

tetradic

#C5B242 #42C571 #4255C5 #C54297

square

#C5B242 #42C571 #4255C5 #C54297

split-complementary

#C5B242 #4297C5 #7142C5

monochromatic

#6C6121 #9A8B2F #C5B242 #D3C571 #E2D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C5B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B242

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B242	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87c',
    500: '#c5b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b242;
$custom-light: #dac87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75913,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B242

secondary

#959DCE

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B242

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

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