#C5B43A#C5B43A

#C5B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B43A
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -7.60, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 61.69, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.027 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1127, 44.8201, 10.5404)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B43A #3A4BC5

analogous

#C56F3A #C5B43A #90C53A

triadic

#C5B43A #3AC5B4 #B43AC5

tetradic

#C5B43A #3AC56F #3A4BC5 #C53A90

square

#C5B43A #3AC56F #3A4BC5 #C53A90

split-complementary

#C5B43A #3A90C5 #6F3AC5

monochromatic

#665E1E #96892C #C5B43A #D3C669 #E1D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C5B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B43A

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B43A	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)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca78',
    500: '#c5b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b43a;
$custom-light: #daca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7627,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B43A

secondary

#8E96CD

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B43A

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

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