#C5B244#C5B244

#C5B244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B244
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -6.00, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 57.02, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0213 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9915, 44.1303, 11.8792)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B244 #4457C5

analogous

#C57244 #C5B244 #97C544

triadic

#C5B244 #44C5B2 #B244C5

tetradic

#C5B244 #44C572 #4457C5 #C54497

square

#C5B244 #44C572 #4457C5 #C54497

split-complementary

#C5B244 #4497C5 #7244C5

monochromatic

#6D6222 #9C8C30 #C5B244 #D3C573 #E2D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C5B244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B244

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B244	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87d',
    500: '#c5b244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b244;
$custom-light: #dac87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7593,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B244

secondary

#969ECF

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B244

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

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