#C5B248#C5B248

#C5B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B248
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -5.75, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 55.31, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0201 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1177, 44.1808, 12.5442)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B248 #485BC5

analogous

#C57348 #C5B248 #99C548

triadic

#C5B248 #48C5B2 #B248C5

tetradic

#C5B248 #48C573 #485BC5 #C54899

square

#C5B248 #48C573 #485BC5 #C54899

split-complementary

#C5B248 #4899C5 #7348C5

monochromatic

#6F6423 #9E8D32 #C5B248 #D4C676 #E2D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C5B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C5B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B248

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B248	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac880',
    500: '#c5b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b248;
$custom-light: #dac880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75968,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B248

secondary

#99A2CF

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B248

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

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