#C5B43E#C5B43E

#C5B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B43E
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -7.39, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 60.14, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0259 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.2185, 44.8624, 11.0973)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B43E #3E4FC5

analogous

#C5703E #C5B43E #93C53E

triadic

#C5B43E #3EC5B4 #B43EC5

tetradic

#C5B43E #3EC570 #3E4FC5 #C53E93

square

#C5B43E #3EC570 #3E4FC5 #C53E93

split-complementary

#C5B43E #3E93C5 #703EC5

monochromatic

#696020 #988B2E #C5B43E #D3C66D #E1D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C5B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C5B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B43E

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B43E	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)

#C5AF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7a',
    500: '#c5b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b43e;
$custom-light: #daca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76301,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B43E

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B43E

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

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