#C5B544#C5B544

#C5B544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B544
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -7.57, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 58.04, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0258 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5949, 45.3371, 12.0804)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B544 #4454C5

analogous

#C57544 #C5B544 #95C544

triadic

#C5B544 #44C5B5 #B544C5

tetradic

#C5B544 #44C575 #4454C5 #C54495

square

#C5B544 #44C575 #4454C5 #C54495

split-complementary

#C5B544 #4495C5 #7544C5

monochromatic

#6D6422 #9C8E30 #C5B544 #D3C773 #E2DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C5B544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B544

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B544	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7d',
    500: '#c5b544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b544;
$custom-light: #daca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76563,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B544

secondary

#969DCF

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B544

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

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