#C5B641#C5B641

#C5B641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B641
RGB	rgb(197, 182, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -8.26, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 59.61, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0281 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7097, 45.7096, 11.6785)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B641 #4150C5

analogous

#C57441 #C5B641 #92C541

triadic

#C5B641 #41C5B6 #B641C5

tetradic

#C5B641 #41C574 #4150C5 #C54192

square

#C5B641 #41C574 #4150C5 #C54192

split-complementary

#C5B641 #4192C5 #7441C5

monochromatic

#6B6321 #9A8E2F #C5B641 #D3C870 #E2DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C5B641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C5B641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B641

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B641	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 182, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb7c',
    500: '#c5b641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b641;
$custom-light: #dacb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76749,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B641

secondary

#949ACE

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B641

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

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