#C5B33C#C5B33C

#C5B33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B33C
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -6.97, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 60.60, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.025 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9635, 44.4386, 10.7466)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B33C #3C4EC5

analogous

#C56F3C #C5B33C #92C53C

triadic

#C5B33C #3CC5B3 #B33CC5

tetradic

#C5B33C #3CC56F #3C4EC5 #C53C92

square

#C5B33C #3CC56F #3C4EC5 #C53C92

split-complementary

#C5B33C #3C92C5 #6F3CC5

monochromatic

#685E1F #97892D #C5B33C #D3C56B #E1D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C5B33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B33C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B33C	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)

#C4AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac979',
    500: '#c5b33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b33c;
$custom-light: #dac979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B33C

secondary

#9098CD

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B33C

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

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