#C5B53E#C5B53E

#C5B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B53E
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -7.91, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 60.47, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0274 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4211, 45.2676, 11.1649)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B53E #3E4EC5

analogous

#C5713E #C5B53E #91C53E

triadic

#C5B53E #3EC5B5 #B53EC5

tetradic

#C5B53E #3EC571 #3E4EC5 #C53E91

square

#C5B53E #3EC571 #3E4EC5 #C53E91

split-complementary

#C5B53E #3E91C5 #713EC5

monochromatic

#696020 #988B2E #C5B53E #D3C76D #E1D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C5B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B53E

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B53E	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)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7a',
    500: '#c5b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b53e;
$custom-light: #daca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76513,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B53E

secondary

#9199CD

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B53E

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

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