#C5B347#C5B347

#C5B347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B347
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -6.34, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 56.08, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0219 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2851, 44.5672, 12.4404)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B347 #4759C5

analogous

#C57447 #C5B347 #98C547

triadic

#C5B347 #47C5B3 #B347C5

tetradic

#C5B347 #47C574 #4759C5 #C54798

square

#C5B347 #47C574 #4759C5 #C54798

split-complementary

#C5B347 #4798C5 #7447C5

monochromatic

#6F6423 #9D8E32 #C5B347 #D4C676 #E2D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C5B347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B347

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B347	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)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac97f',
    500: '#c5b347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b347;
$custom-light: #dac97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.066,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B347

secondary

#99A0CF

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B347

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

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