#C5B34B#C5B34B

#C5B34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B34B
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 61.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -6.08, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 54.34, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0207 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4177, 44.6203, 13.1388)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B34B #4B5DC5

analogous

#C5764B #C5B34B #9AC54B

triadic

#C5B34B #4BC5B3 #B34BC5

tetradic

#C5B34B #4BC576 #4B5DC5 #C54B9A

square

#C5B34B #4BC576 #4B5DC5 #C54B9A

split-complementary

#C5B34B #4B9AC5 #764BC5

monochromatic

#716624 #9F8F33 #C5B34B #D4C779 #E3DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C5B34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#C5B34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B34B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B34B	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c981',
    500: '#c5b34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b34b;
$custom-light: #d9c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B34B

secondary

#9CA3D0

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B34B

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

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