#C5B443#C5B443

#C5B443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B443
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -7.11, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 58.11, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0246 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3620, 44.9198, 11.8535)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B443 #4354C5

analogous

#C57343 #C5B443 #95C543

triadic

#C5B443 #43C5B4 #B443C5

tetradic

#C5B443 #43C573 #4354C5 #C54395

square

#C5B443 #43C573 #4354C5 #C54395

split-complementary

#C5B443 #4395C5 #7343C5

monochromatic

#6C6221 #9B8D30 #C5B443 #D3C772 #E2D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C5B443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B443

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B443	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)

#C4AF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7d',
    500: '#c5b443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b443;
$custom-light: #daca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76343,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B443

secondary

#959DCE

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B443

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

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