#C5B731#C5B731

#C5B731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.147 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B731
RGB	rgb(197, 183, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -9.56, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 65.90, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0334 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.147 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5156, 45.9608, 9.6423)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B731 #313FC5

analogous

#C56D31 #C5B731 #89C531

triadic

#C5B731 #31C5B7 #B731C5

tetradic

#C5B731 #31C56D #313FC5 #C53189

square

#C5B731 #31C56D #313FC5 #C53189

split-complementary

#C5B731 #3189C5 #6D31C5

monochromatic

#635C19 #948925 #C5B731 #D7CB5D #E3DB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C5B731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C5B731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B731

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B731	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 183, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.147 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc73',
    500: '#c5b731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b731;
$custom-light: #dacc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.324,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76846,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B731

secondary

#858BCD

accent

#54E344

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B731

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

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