#C5B33A#C5B33A

#C5B33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B33A
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -7.08, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 61.37, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0255 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9116, 44.4178, 10.4734)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B33A #3A4CC5

analogous

#C56D3A #C5B33A #92C53A

triadic

#C5B33A #3AC5B3 #B33AC5

tetradic

#C5B33A #3AC56D #3A4CC5 #C53A92

square

#C5B33A #3AC56D #3A4CC5 #C53A92

split-complementary

#C5B33A #3A92C5 #6D3AC5

monochromatic

#665D1E #96882C #C5B33A #D3C569 #E1D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C5B33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B33A

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B33A	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac978',
    500: '#c5b33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b33a;
$custom-light: #dac978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B33A

secondary

#8E96CD

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B33A

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

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