#C5B645#C5B645

#C5B645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B645
RGB	rgb(197, 182, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -8.03, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 57.97, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.027 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8297, 45.7576, 12.3105)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B645 #4554C5

analogous

#C57645 #C5B645 #94C545

triadic

#C5B645 #45C5B6 #B645C5

tetradic

#C5B645 #45C576 #4554C5 #C54594

square

#C5B645 #45C576 #4554C5 #C54594

split-complementary

#C5B645 #4594C5 #7645C5

monochromatic

#6D6522 #9C9031 #C5B645 #D4C874 #E2DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C5B645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C5B645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B645

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B645	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 182, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb7e',
    500: '#c5b645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b645;
$custom-light: #dacb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76784,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B645

secondary

#979ECF

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B645

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

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