#C5B451#C5B451

#C5B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B451
RGB	rgb(197, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -6.18, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 52.00, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0203 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8340, 45.1086, 14.3389)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B451 #5162C5

analogous

#C57A51 #C5B451 #9CC551

triadic

#C5B451 #51C5B4 #B451C5

tetradic

#C5B451 #51C57A #5162C5 #C5519C

square

#C5B451 #51C57A #5162C5 #C5519C

split-complementary

#C5B451 #519CC5 #7A51C5

monochromatic

#756927 #A39336 #C5B451 #D4C87F #E4DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C5B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C5B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B451

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B451	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca85',
    500: '#c5b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b451;
$custom-light: #d9ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B451

secondary

#A0A8D1

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B451

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

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