#C5B43C#C5B43C

#C5B43C 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	#C5B43C
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -7.50, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 60.92, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0265 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1646, 44.8409, 10.8136)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B43C #3C4DC5

analogous

#C5703C #C5B43C #91C53C

triadic

#C5B43C #3CC5B4 #B43CC5

tetradic

#C5B43C #3CC570 #3C4DC5 #C53C91

square

#C5B43C #3CC570 #3C4DC5 #C53C91

split-complementary

#C5B43C #3C91C5 #703CC5

monochromatic

#685F1F #978A2D #C5B43C #D3C66B #E1D89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C5B43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B43C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B43C	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)

#C5AF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca79',
    500: '#c5b43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b43c;
$custom-light: #daca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B43C

secondary

#9097CD

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B43C

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

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