#C5B345#C5B345

#C5B345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B345
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -6.46, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 56.93, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0225 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.2219, 44.5420, 12.1079)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B345 #4557C5

analogous

#C57345 #C5B345 #97C545

triadic

#C5B345 #45C5B3 #B345C5

tetradic

#C5B345 #45C573 #4557C5 #C54597

square

#C5B345 #45C573 #4557C5 #C54597

split-complementary

#C5B345 #4597C5 #7345C5

monochromatic

#6D6322 #9C8D31 #C5B345 #D4C674 #E2D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C5B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B345

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B345	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97e',
    500: '#c5b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b345;
$custom-light: #dac97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7615,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B345

secondary

#979FCF

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B345

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

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