#C5B44A#C5B44A

#C5B44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B44A
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -6.67, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 55.13, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0225 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5849, 45.0090, 13.0271)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B44A #4A5BC5

analogous

#C5764A #C5B44A #98C54A

triadic

#C5B44A #4AC5B4 #B44AC5

tetradic

#C5B44A #4AC576 #4A5BC5 #C54A98

square

#C5B44A #4AC576 #4A5BC5 #C54A98

split-complementary

#C5B44A #4A98C5 #764AC5

monochromatic

#716624 #9F9033 #C5B44A #D4C778 #E3DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C5B44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B44A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B44A	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca81',
    500: '#c5b44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b44a;
$custom-light: #daca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B44A

secondary

#9BA2D0

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B44A

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

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