#C5B53C#C5B53C

#C5B53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B53C
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -8.01, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 61.26, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0279 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3672, 45.2461, 10.8811)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B53C #3C4CC5

analogous

#C5713C #C5B53C #90C53C

triadic

#C5B53C #3CC5B5 #B53CC5

tetradic

#C5B53C #3CC571 #3C4CC5 #C53C90

square

#C5B53C #3CC571 #3C4CC5 #C53C90

split-complementary

#C5B53C #3C90C5 #713CC5

monochromatic

#685F1F #978B2D #C5B53C #D3C76B #E1D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C5B53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B53C

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B53C	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)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca79',
    500: '#c5b53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b53c;
$custom-light: #daca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B53C

secondary

#9097CD

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B53C

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

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