#C5B33B#C5B33B

#C5B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B33B
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -7.03, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 60.99, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0252 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9373, 44.4281, 10.6087)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B33B #3B4DC5

analogous

#C56E3B #C5B33B #92C53B

triadic

#C5B33B #3BC5B3 #B33BC5

tetradic

#C5B33B #3BC56E #3B4DC5 #C53B92

square

#C5B33B #3BC56E #3B4DC5 #C53B92

split-complementary

#C5B33B #3B92C5 #6E3BC5

monochromatic

#675E1F #96892C #C5B33B #D3C56A #E1D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C5B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B33B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B33B	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac978',
    500: '#c5b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b33b;
$custom-light: #dac978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B33B

secondary

#8F97CD

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B33B

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

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