#C5B53A#C5B53A

#C5B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B53A
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -8.12, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 62.02, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0284 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3153, 45.2253, 10.6079)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B53A #3A4AC5

analogous

#C5703A #C5B53A #8FC53A

triadic

#C5B53A #3AC5B5 #B53AC5

tetradic

#C5B53A #3AC570 #3A4AC5 #C53A8F

square

#C5B53A #3AC570 #3A4AC5 #C53A8F

split-complementary

#C5B53A #3A8FC5 #703AC5

monochromatic

#665E1E #968A2C #C5B53A #D3C769 #E1D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C5B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B53A

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B53A	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)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca78',
    500: '#c5b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b53a;
$custom-light: #daca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B53A

secondary

#8E95CD

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B53A

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

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