#C5B642#C5B642

#C5B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B642
RGB	rgb(197, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -8.20, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 59.21, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0278 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7390, 45.7213, 11.8324)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B642 #4251C5

analogous

#C57542 #C5B642 #93C542

triadic

#C5B642 #42C5B6 #B642C5

tetradic

#C5B642 #42C575 #4251C5 #C54293

square

#C5B642 #42C575 #4251C5 #C54293

split-complementary

#C5B642 #4293C5 #7542C5

monochromatic

#6C6321 #9A8E2F #C5B642 #D3C871 #E2DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C5B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#C5B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B642

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B642	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)

#C6B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb7c',
    500: '#c5b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b642;
$custom-light: #dacb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B642

secondary

#959BCE

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B642

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

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