#C5B439#C5B439

#C5B439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B439
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -7.65, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 62.07, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0272 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.14 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0875, 44.8100, 10.4077)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B439 #394AC5

analogous

#C56E39 #C5B439 #90C539

triadic

#C5B439 #39C5B4 #B439C5

tetradic

#C5B439 #39C56E #394AC5 #C53990

square

#C5B439 #39C56E #394AC5 #C53990

split-complementary

#C5B439 #3990C5 #6E39C5

monochromatic

#665D1E #96892B #C5B439 #D3C668 #E1D897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C5B439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B439

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B439	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca77',
    500: '#c5b439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b439;
$custom-light: #daca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B439

secondary

#8D95CD

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B439

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

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