#C5B656#C5B656

#C5B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C5B656
RGBrgb(197, 182, 86)
HSLhsl(52, 49%, 55%)
HSVhsv(52, 56%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(73.55, -6.85, 49.96)
CIE-LCHlch(73.55, 50.43, 97.80°)
OKLaboklab(76.96% -0.0216 0.1164)
OKLCHoklch(76.96% 0.118 100.5)
XYZxyz(41.4351, 45.9997, 15.4985)
Luminance0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C5B656 #5665C5
analogous
#C57E56 #C5B656 #9CC556
triadic
#C5B656 #56C5B6 #B656C5
tetradic
#C5B656 #56C57E #5665C5 #C5569C
square
#C5B656 #56C57E #5665C5 #C5569C
split-complementary
#C5B656 #569CC5 #7E56C5
monochromatic
#786D29 #A59639 #C5B656 #D5CA84 #E4DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#C5B656 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20
#C5B656 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B656
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C5B656#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C5B6561.002.0610.2010.20
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2021.001.001.00
##00000010.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B14C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3ABA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c5b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 100.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cb89',
    500: '#c5b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c5b656;
$custom-light: #d9cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c5b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7696,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C5B656
secondary
#A4ABD3
accent
#62D84F
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF8F0
border
#D4D1CB
text
#15130C
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

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#C5B656 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva