#C5B33D#C5B33D

#C5B33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.136 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B33D
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -6.92, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 60.20, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0247 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.136 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9901, 44.4492, 10.8871)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B33D #3D4FC5

analogous

#C56F3D #C5B33D #93C53D

triadic

#C5B33D #3DC5B3 #B33DC5

tetradic

#C5B33D #3DC56F #3D4FC5 #C53D93

square

#C5B33D #3DC56F #3D4FC5 #C53D93

split-complementary

#C5B33D #3D93C5 #6F3DC5

monochromatic

#685F1F #98892D #C5B33D #D3C56C #E1D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C5B33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B33D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B33D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.136 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac979',
    500: '#c5b33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b33d;
$custom-light: #dac979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B33D

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5EDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B33D

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

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