#C5B441#C5B441

#C5B441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B441
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -7.22, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 58.93, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0251 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3031, 44.8962, 11.5429)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B441 #4152C5

analogous

#C57241 #C5B441 #94C541

triadic

#C5B441 #41C5B4 #B441C5

tetradic

#C5B441 #41C572 #4152C5 #C54194

square

#C5B441 #41C572 #4152C5 #C54194

split-complementary

#C5B441 #4194C5 #7241C5

monochromatic

#6B6121 #9A8C2F #C5B441 #D3C770 #E2D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C5B441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B441

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B441	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)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7c',
    500: '#c5b441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b441;
$custom-light: #daca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76326,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B441

secondary

#949BCE

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B441

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

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