#C5B32A#C5B32A

#C5B32A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.147 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B32A
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -7.76, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 66.91, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.029 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.147 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5659, 44.2795, 8.6528)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B32A #2A3CC5

analogous

#C5652A #C5B32A #8AC52A

triadic

#C5B32A #2AC5B3 #B32AC5

tetradic

#C5B32A #2AC565 #2A3CC5 #C52A8A

square

#C5B32A #2AC565 #2A3CC5 #C52A8A

split-complementary

#C5B32A #2A8AC5 #652AC5

monochromatic

#605714 #93851F #C5B32A #DACA52 #E5DA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C5B32A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C5B32A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B32A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B32A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B32A	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b32a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.147 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc970',
    500: '#c5b32a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b32a;
$custom-light: #dbc970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b32a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75956,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B32A

secondary

#7D86CE

accent

#53E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B32A

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

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