#C5B440#C5B440

#C5B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B440
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -7.28, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 59.34, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0254 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2744, 44.8848, 11.3917)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B440 #4051C5

analogous

#C57140 #C5B440 #93C540

triadic

#C5B440 #40C5B4 #B440C5

tetradic

#C5B440 #40C571 #4051C5 #C54093

square

#C5B440 #40C571 #4051C5 #C54093

split-complementary

#C5B440 #4093C5 #7140C5

monochromatic

#6A6120 #998C2F #C5B440 #D3C66F #E2D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C5B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B440

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B440	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7b',
    500: '#c5b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b440;
$custom-light: #daca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B440

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B440

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

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