#C5B74A#C5B74A

#C5B74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5B74A
RGB	rgb(197, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 62.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -8.23, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 56.19, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.027 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(41.1971, 46.2333, 13.2311)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5B74A #4A58C5

analogous

#C5794A #C5B74A #95C54A

triadic

#C5B74A #4AC5B7 #B74AC5

tetradic

#C5B74A #4AC579 #4A58C5 #C54A95

square

#C5B74A #4AC579 #4A58C5 #C54A95

split-complementary

#C5B74A #4A95C5 #794AC5

monochromatic

#716824 #9F9333 #C5B74A #D4C978 #E3DCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C5B74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#C5B74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5B74A

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5B74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5B74A	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5b74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc81',
    500: '#c5b74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5b74a;
$custom-light: #d9cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5b74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77043,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5B74A

secondary

#9BA1D0

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5B74A

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

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