#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
RGB	rgb(197, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -6.85, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 50.43, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0216 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4351, 45.9997, 15.4985)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##C5B656	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C5B656

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

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