#C5B340#C5B340

#C5B340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B340
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -6.76, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 59.00, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0239 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0732, 44.4825, 11.3247)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B340 #4052C5

analogous

#C57040 #C5B340 #94C540

triadic

#C5B340 #40C5B3 #B340C5

tetradic

#C5B340 #40C570 #4052C5 #C54094

square

#C5B340 #40C570 #4052C5 #C54094

split-complementary

#C5B340 #4094C5 #7040C5

monochromatic

#6A6020 #998B2F #C5B340 #D3C66F #E2D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C5B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B340

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B340	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97b',
    500: '#c5b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b340;
$custom-light: #dac97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76106,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B340

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B340

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

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