#C5B444#C5B444

#C5B444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B444
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -7.05, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 57.69, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0243 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3923, 44.9319, 12.0128)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B444 #4455C5

analogous

#C57444 #C5B444 #96C544

triadic

#C5B444 #44C5B4 #B444C5

tetradic

#C5B444 #44C574 #4455C5 #C54496

square

#C5B444 #44C574 #4455C5 #C54496

split-complementary

#C5B444 #4496C5 #7444C5

monochromatic

#6D6322 #9C8D30 #C5B444 #D3C773 #E2D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C5B444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B444

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B444	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7d',
    500: '#c5b444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b444;
$custom-light: #daca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B444

secondary

#969ECF

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B444

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

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