#C5B24A#C5B24A

#C5B24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B24A
RGB	rgb(197, 178, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -5.62, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 54.44, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0195 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(40.1840, 44.2073, 12.8934)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B24A #4A5DC5

analogous

#C5754A #C5B24A #9AC54A

triadic

#C5B24A #4AC5B2 #B24AC5

tetradic

#C5B24A #4AC575 #4A5DC5 #C54A9A

square

#C5B24A #4AC575 #4A5DC5 #C54A9A

split-complementary

#C5B24A #4A9AC5 #754AC5

monochromatic

#716524 #9F8E33 #C5B24A #D4C678 #E3D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C5B24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C5B24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B24A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B24A	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#C2AE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 178, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac881',
    500: '#c5b24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b24a;
$custom-light: #dac881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.44206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B24A

secondary

#9BA3D0

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B24A

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

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