#C5B442#C5B442

#C5B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B442
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -7.16, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 58.52, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0249 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3323, 44.9079, 11.6968)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B442 #4253C5

analogous

#C57342 #C5B442 #95C542

triadic

#C5B442 #42C5B4 #B442C5

tetradic

#C5B442 #42C573 #4253C5 #C54295

square

#C5B442 #42C573 #4253C5 #C54295

split-complementary

#C5B442 #4295C5 #7342C5

monochromatic

#6C6221 #9A8D2F #C5B442 #D3C771 #E2D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C5B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B442

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B442	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7c',
    500: '#c5b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b442;
$custom-light: #daca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76334,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B442

secondary

#959CCE

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B442

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

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