#C5B343#C5B343

#C5B343 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B343
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -6.58, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 57.77, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0231 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1609, 44.5175, 11.7864)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B343 #4355C5

analogous

#C57243 #C5B343 #96C543

triadic

#C5B343 #43C5B3 #B343C5

tetradic

#C5B343 #43C572 #4355C5 #C54396

square

#C5B343 #43C572 #4355C5 #C54396

split-complementary

#C5B343 #4396C5 #7243C5

monochromatic

#6C6221 #9B8C30 #C5B343 #D3C672 #E2D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C5B343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B343

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B343	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)

#C3AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97d',
    500: '#c5b343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b343;
$custom-light: #dac97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76132,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B343

secondary

#959DCE

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B343

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

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