#C5B353#C5B353

#C5B353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B353
RGB	rgb(197, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -5.51, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 50.73, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0182 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.118 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7089, 44.7367, 14.6727)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B353 #5365C5

analogous

#C57A53 #C5B353 #9EC553

triadic

#C5B353 #53C5B3 #B353C5

tetradic

#C5B353 #53C57A #5365C5 #C5539E

square

#C5B353 #53C57A #5365C5 #C5539E

split-complementary

#C5B353 #539EC5 #7A53C5

monochromatic

#766A28 #A49337 #C5B353 #D4C781 #E4DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C5B353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B353

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B353	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c986',
    500: '#c5b353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b353;
$custom-light: #d9c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B353

secondary

#A2A9D2

accent

#65D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B353

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

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