#C5B543#C5B543

#C5B543 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B543
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 66%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -7.63, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 58.45, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0261 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5646, 45.3250, 11.9210)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B543 #4353C5

analogous

#C57443 #C5B543 #94C543

triadic

#C5B543 #43C5B5 #B543C5

tetradic

#C5B543 #43C574 #4353C5 #C54394

square

#C5B543 #43C574 #4353C5 #C54394

split-complementary

#C5B543 #4394C5 #7443C5

monochromatic

#6C6321 #9B8E30 #C5B543 #D3C772 #E2DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C5B543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B543

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B543	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)

#C5B034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7d',
    500: '#c5b543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b543;
$custom-light: #daca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76555,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B543

secondary

#959CCE

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B543

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

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