#C5B733#C5B733

#C5B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.146 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B733
RGB	rgb(197, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -9.48, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 65.22, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.033 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.146 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5588, 45.9780, 9.8696)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B733 #3341C5

analogous

#C56E33 #C5B733 #8AC533

triadic

#C5B733 #33C5B7 #B733C5

tetradic

#C5B733 #33C56E #3341C5 #C5338A

square

#C5B733 #33C56E #3341C5 #C5338A

split-complementary

#C5B733 #338AC5 #6E33C5

monochromatic

#645D1A #948A26 #C5B733 #D6CA5F #E2DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C5B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C5B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B733

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B733	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)

#C8B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.146 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc74',
    500: '#c5b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b733;
$custom-light: #dacc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76858,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B733

secondary

#878ECD

accent

#55E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B733

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

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