#C5B43B#C5B43B

#C5B43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B43B
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -7.55, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 61.31, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0267 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1384, 44.8304, 10.6757)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B43B #3B4CC5

analogous

#C56F3B #C5B43B #91C53B

triadic

#C5B43B #3BC5B4 #B43BC5

tetradic

#C5B43B #3BC56F #3B4CC5 #C53B91

square

#C5B43B #3BC56F #3B4CC5 #C53B91

split-complementary

#C5B43B #3B91C5 #6F3BC5

monochromatic

#675E1F #96892C #C5B43B #D3C66A #E1D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C5B43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B43B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B43B	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca78',
    500: '#c5b43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b43b;
$custom-light: #daca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76277,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B43B

secondary

#8F97CD

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B43B

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

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