#C5B539#C5B539

#C5B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B539
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -8.17, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 62.40, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0287 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2901, 45.2152, 10.4753)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B539 #3949C5

analogous

#C56F39 #C5B539 #8FC539

triadic

#C5B539 #39C5B5 #B539C5

tetradic

#C5B539 #39C56F #3949C5 #C5398F

square

#C5B539 #39C56F #3949C5 #C5398F

split-complementary

#C5B539 #398FC5 #6F39C5

monochromatic

#665E1E #96892B #C5B539 #D3C768 #E1D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C5B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B539

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B539	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca77',
    500: '#c5b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b539;
$custom-light: #daca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76474,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B539

secondary

#8D94CD

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B539

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

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