#C5B541#C5B541

#C5B541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B541
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -7.74, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 59.27, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.0266 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5057, 45.3014, 11.6104)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B541 #4151C5

analogous

#C57341 #C5B541 #93C541

triadic

#C5B541 #41C5B5 #B541C5

tetradic

#C5B541 #41C573 #4151C5 #C54193

square

#C5B541 #41C573 #4151C5 #C54193

split-complementary

#C5B541 #4193C5 #7341C5

monochromatic

#6B6221 #9A8D2F #C5B541 #D3C770 #E2DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C5B541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B541

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B541	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7c',
    500: '#c5b541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b541;
$custom-light: #daca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B541

secondary

#949BCE

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B541

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

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