#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
RGBrgb(197, 179, 83)
HSLhsl(51, 50%, 55%)
HSVhsv(51, 58%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.72, -5.51, 50.43)
CIE-LCHlch(72.72, 50.73, 96.24°)
OKLaboklab(76.29% -0.0182 0.1171)
OKLCHoklch(76.29% 0.118 98.8)
XYZxyz(40.7089, 44.7367, 14.6727)
Luminance0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##C5B3531.002.119.959.95
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9521.001.001.00
##0000009.9521.001.001.00

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

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#C5B353 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva