#C5B338#C5B338

#C5B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B338
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -7.18, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 62.13, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.026 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8617, 44.3979, 10.2106)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B338 #384AC5

analogous

#C56C38 #C5B338 #91C538

triadic

#C5B338 #38C5B3 #B338C5

tetradic

#C5B338 #38C56C #384AC5 #C53891

square

#C5B338 #38C56C #384AC5 #C53891

split-complementary

#C5B338 #3891C5 #6C38C5

monochromatic

#665C1D #95882A #C5B338 #D4C667 #E1D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C5B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C5B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B338

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B338	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac977',
    500: '#c5b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b338;
$custom-light: #dac977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76044,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B338

secondary

#8C94CD

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B338

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

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