#C5B341#C5B341

#C5B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B341
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -6.70, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 58.60, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0236 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1019, 44.4940, 11.4759)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B341 #4153C5

analogous

#C57141 #C5B341 #95C541

triadic

#C5B341 #41C5B3 #B341C5

tetradic

#C5B341 #41C571 #4153C5 #C54195

square

#C5B341 #41C571 #4153C5 #C54195

split-complementary

#C5B341 #4195C5 #7141C5

monochromatic

#6B6121 #9A8B2F #C5B341 #D3C670 #E2D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C5B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B341

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B341	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97c',
    500: '#c5b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b341;
$custom-light: #dac97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76115,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B341

secondary

#949CCE

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B341

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

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