#C5B34D#C5B34D

#C5B34D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B34D
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -5.94, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 53.45, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0201 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4872, 44.6481, 13.5050)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B34D #4D5FC5

analogous

#C5774D #C5B34D #9BC54D

triadic

#C5B34D #4DC5B3 #B34DC5

tetradic

#C5B34D #4DC577 #4D5FC5 #C54D9B

square

#C5B34D #4DC577 #4D5FC5 #C54D9B

split-complementary

#C5B34D #4D9BC5 #774DC5

monochromatic

#726725 #A09034 #C5B34D #D4C77B #E3DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B34D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C5B34D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B34D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B34D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B34D	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b34d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c983',
    500: '#c5b34d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b34d;
$custom-light: #d9c983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b34d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76228,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B34D

secondary

#9DA5D1

accent

#63DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B34D

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

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