#C5B545#C5B545

#C5B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B545
RGB	rgb(197, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -7.51, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 57.62, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0255 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6257, 45.3494, 12.2425)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B545 #4555C5

analogous

#C57545 #C5B545 #95C545

triadic

#C5B545 #45C5B5 #B545C5

tetradic

#C5B545 #45C575 #4555C5 #C54595

square

#C5B545 #45C575 #4555C5 #C54595

split-complementary

#C5B545 #4595C5 #7545C5

monochromatic

#6D6422 #9C8F31 #C5B545 #D4C874 #E2DAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C5B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C5B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B545

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B545	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)

#C5B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7e',
    500: '#c5b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b545;
$custom-light: #daca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76572,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B545

secondary

#979ECF

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B545

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

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