#C5B53B#C5B53B

#C5B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B53B
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -8.07, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 61.64, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0282 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3410, 45.2356, 10.7432)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B53B #3B4BC5

analogous

#C5703B #C5B53B #90C53B

triadic

#C5B53B #3BC5B5 #B53BC5

tetradic

#C5B53B #3BC570 #3B4BC5 #C53B90

square

#C5B53B #3BC570 #3B4BC5 #C53B90

split-complementary

#C5B53B #3B90C5 #703BC5

monochromatic

#675F1F #968A2C #C5B53B #D3C76A #E1D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C5B53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B53B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B53B	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca78',
    500: '#c5b53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b53b;
$custom-light: #daca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76489,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B53B

secondary

#8F96CD

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B53B

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

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