#C5B738#C5B738

#C5B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B738
RGB	rgb(197, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -9.25, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 63.43, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0319 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6750, 46.0245, 10.4817)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B738 #3846C5

analogous

#C57138 #C5B738 #8CC538

triadic

#C5B738 #38C5B7 #B738C5

tetradic

#C5B738 #38C571 #3846C5 #C5388C

square

#C5B738 #38C571 #3846C5 #C5388C

split-complementary

#C5B738 #388CC5 #7138C5

monochromatic

#665E1D #958B2A #C5B738 #D4C967 #E1DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C5B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#C5B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B738

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B738	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)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacc77',
    500: '#c5b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b738;
$custom-light: #dacc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B738

secondary

#8C93CD

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B738

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

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